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Sugitanigawa Mudstone Member Yoshida, 1987

• Coherent formation
• Miocene sediments related to the paleo Setouchi inner sea
• early Miocene

• Sedimentary facies: Marine
• Sedimentary facies: Transgression
• Sedimentary facies: Open sea
• Climate: Tropical, Subtropical
• Water temperature: Warm ocean current
• Depth of water: 200 m or deeper
• Lithofacies: Mudstone

• Thickness: ca. 80 m

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

• Distribution: Odakakogen, Komono city, Mie county, Mie pref.
• Fossils (Shellfishes): Lucinoma acutilineatum, Macoma optiva, Periploma mitsuganoensis, Vaginella depressa
• Fossils (Foraminifera): Globigerina angustium bilicata, Globigerina druryi, Globigerina falconensis, Globigerina foliata, Globigerina praebulloides pruebulloides, Globigerina praebulloides pseudociperoensis, Globigerina woodi, Globigerinella praesiphonifer, Globigerinita glutinata, Globigerinoides japonicus, Globigerinoides obliquus, Globigerinoides quadrilobatus immaturus, Globigerinoides quadrilobatus sacculifer, Globigerinoides quadrilobatus trilobus, Globigerinoides sicanus, Globigerinoides subquadratus, Globoquadrina altispira, Globoquadrina baroemoenensis, Globoqudrina dehiscens, Globoquadrina venezuelana, Globorotalia birnogeae, Globorotalia mayeri, Globorotalia obesa, Globorotalia peripheroronda, Globorotalia quinifalcata, Globorotalia scitula, Globorotalia semivera, Globorotaloides suteri, Neogloboquadrina continuosa, Praeorbulina glomerosa, Praeorbulina trnsitoria, Prosphaeroidinella disjuncta
• Harayama et al. (1989) Geology of the Gozaishoyama District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 145p. (in Japanese with English abstract 6p.)