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Shirakawa Formation
Invalid synonym: Okuhata Formation
- Type locality (Upper): Shirakawatoge pass, Suma ward, Kobe city, Hyogo prefecture
- Type locality (Lower): Okuhata, Suma ward, Kobe city, Hyogo prefecture
- Coherent formation
- Eocene - Oligocene
- Lithofacies (Upper): Interbedded rhyolitic tuff and conglomerate
- Lithofacies (Lower): Sandstone, Conglomerate
------ Conformity, ~~~~~~ Unconformity, ~~~--- Local unconformity, '''/,, Interfingered, :::::: Fault, /--/-- Thrust, +__+__ Ground surface, ?--?-- Unknown
- Distribution: Shirakawatoge pass - Okuhata, Suma ward, Kobe city, Hyogo pref.
- Fossils (Plants): Acanthopanax acerifolium, Acer ezoana, Acer nordenskioldi, Acer pictum, Acer rubrum var. pycnanthum, Acer subpictum, Acer trancatum, Acer trilobatum, Actinidia sp., Actinodaphne sp., Aesculus majus, Alangium aequalifolium, Aleurites sp., Alnus japonica, Alnus kobensis, Alnus miojaponica, Alnus usyuensis, Amelanchier sp., Aralia yabei, Astraeus sp., Berberis cf. sieboldi, Betula nipponica, Buddlejoa sp., Camellia protojaponica, Cardneria insularis, Carpinus miocenica, Carya miocathayensis, Castanea crenata, Castanea kubinyi, Castanea miocrenata, Castanea miomollissima, Castanea ungeri, Castanea vulgaris, Castanopsis miocuspidata, Catalpa sp., Celtis miobugeana, Cephalotaxus cf. drupacea, Cercis chinensis, Cinnamomum camphor, Cinnamomum lineata, Cinnamomum lanceolatum, Cinnamomum miocenicum, Cocculus thunbergii, Comptoniphyllum naumanni, Cornus cf. controversa, Cornus florida, Cornus kousa, Cornus megaphylla, Corylus sp., Coryopsis kobensis, Crataegus sp., Cryptomeria japonica, Cunninghamia konishii, Diosppiros miokaki, Diosppiros cf. nipponica, Disantus sp., Distylum sp., Dryopteris sp., Ehretia sp., Equisetum arcuticum, Equisetum cf. arvense, Euonymus oxphyllus, Evodiopanax protoinvorans, Fagus antipofi, Fagus palaeocrenata, Ficus erecta, Ficus foveolata, Ficus pumila, Ficus tiliaefolia, Firmiana triloba, Glyptostrobus europeus, Hamamelis cf. japonica, Hedera deltoidea, Hedera miocenica, Hydrangea sp., Ilex nemotoi, Kalopanax sp., Keteleeria sp., Lastraea cf. valdensis, Lespedera sp., Ligustrum cf. ovalifolium, Lindera erythrocarpa, Lindera obtusiloba, Liquidambar formosana, Liquidambar miosinica, Liquidambar pachyphllum, Liquidambar parvicapitula, Liriodendron sp., Lithocarpus glabra, Lithocarpus mioedulis, Litsea cf. graboi, Livistona mioglobosa, Lonicera cf. sachalinensis, Macclintockia brevifolia, Macclintockia kobense, Machilus japonica, Machilus thunbergii, Magnolia miocenica, Magnolia nathorsti, Magnolia obovata, Mallotus miojaponicus, Mallotus parvifolia, Marlea protomacrophylla, Meliosma cf. myriantha, Meliosma tenuis, Metasequoia japonica, Metasequoia occidentalis, Neolitsea sp., Nerium sp., Notophoebe miokonishii, Osmanthus sp., Osmunda japonica, Ostrya shiragiana, Palmoxylon sp., Parabenzoin miotrilobum, Parabenzoin protopraecox, Paulownia sp., Phyllites lilioides, Picrasma ailanthoides, Pinus protophylla, Pinus thunbergii, Pinus trifolia, Pistacia miochinensis, Plnera sp., Platanus sp., Populus aizuana, Populus balsamoides, Populus latior, Porana kokangenensis, Prunus miodavidiana, Pseudotsuga sp., Pterocarya asymmetrosa, Pterocarya ezoana, Quercus acutissima, Quercus crispula, Quercus eliptica, Quercus japonoalba, Quercus lyelli, Quercus mandraliscae, Quercus miocrispula, Quercus miovariabilis, Quercus serrata, Quercus sinomiocenicum, Quercus subpaucidentata, Quercus variabilis, Rapanaea neriifolia, Rhammus crenata, Rhamnella sp., Rhapis japonica, Rhododendron sp., Rhus sp., Rosa sp., Salix lavatieri, Salix varians, Sapindus sp., Sapium cf. japonicum, Sequoia affinis, Smilax aff. china, Smilax aff. sieboldi, Smilax trinervis, Sorbus subcommixta, Stewartia sp., Styrax cf. japonica, Symplocos sp., Syringa notoensis, Syzygium sp., Taxodium disticum miocenum, Taxus sp., Thuja sp., Tilia japonica, Tilia maximowicziana, Torreya sp., Trachelospermum sp., Trachycarpus mioexcelsa, Ulmus longifolia, Ulmus protojaponica, Umbellularia japonica, Uncaria sp., Vaccinium sp., Viburnum dilatalum, Viburnum fulcatum, Vitis sp., Wistaria sp., Woodwardia cf. nipponica, Zelkova serrata, Zelkova ungeri
- Huzita and Kasama (1983) Geology of the Kobe District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 115p. (in Japanese with English abstract 8p.)