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Ueno Formation

• Type locality: Hananoki hills, Ueno, Iga city, Mie prefecture
• Coherent formation
• Pliocene (? - 3.6 Ma)

• Sedimentary facies: Terrestrial
• Lithofacies: Clay
• Lithofacies (Minor): Sands, Gravels

• Thickness: ca. 30 - 350 m or thicker
• Upper limit: Conformity, partly Unconformity (Iga Formation), Unconformity (Kitamata Gravel Member, Shigaraki Gravels Member)
• Lower limit: Unconformity (Younger Ryoke Granitoids)

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

• Distribution: Nabari city, Mie pref.; Hananoki hills - Ueno - Oyamada - Shimagahara - Yakeo - Makiyama, Iga city, Mie pref.
• Fossils: Stegodon miensis, Trionyx sp., family Cyprinidae, Silurus sp., Metasequoia sp.
• Fossils (Shellfishes): Cipangopaludina chinensis, Igapaludina sp., Sinanodonta sp.
• Fossils (Footprints): Stegodon zdanskyi, order Crocodilia
• Tephra: Yakeo I, Yakeo II, Shirasanoike, Midoro, Kashikimura

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• Satoguchi et al. (2012) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.118, Supplement, pp.70-78 DOI
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• Kawabe et al. (1996) Geology of the Ueno District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 99p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)