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Toki Lignite-bearing Formation

• Type locality: Gifu prefecture
• Coherent formation
• First Seto Inland Sea
• Sedimentary basin in island arc
• Miocene (20 - 18 Ma, FT)

• Sedimentary facies: Freshwater
• Lithofacies (Main): Conglomerate, Sandstone, Mudstone
• Lithofacies (Minor): Lignite

------ Conformity, ~~~~~~ Unconformity, ~~~--- Local unconformity, '''/,, Interfingered, :::::: Fault, /--/-- Thrust, +__+__ Ground surface, ?--?-- Unknown

• Distribution: Gifu pref.
• Fossils: Hiyoshi flora

• Sasao et al. (2011) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.117, no.8, pp.476-481 DOI
• Ina et al. (2007) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.113, no.10, pp.542-545 DOI