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Denoto Formation

• Coherent formation
• Pliocene - Pleistocene
• Correlation (Upper): Ryumon Formation
• Correlation (Lower): Oyodo Formation

• Sedimentary facies: Lacustrine
• Lithofacies (Upper): Clay, Sands
• Lithofacies (Lower): Sands, Gravels

• Thickness: ca. 150 m
• Lower limit: Unconformit (Izumi Group, Sanbagawa Metamorphic Rocks)

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

• Distribution: Toge, Hashimoto city, Wakayama pref.
• Fossils (Plants): Acer rubrum var. ligniatum, Buxus japonica, Cephalotaxus obovata, Corylus heterophylla, Fagus hayatae, Ilex cornuta, Juglans cinerea, Magnolia obovata, Meliosma sp., Metasequoia disticha, Metasequoia japonica, Phellodendron amurense, Picea koribai, Pleioblastus variegata, Prunus salicina, Pseudolarix kaempferi, Pterocarya multistriata, Pterocarya stenoptera, Pterostyrax corymbosum, Quercus rubroidea, Sparganium sp., Staphylea bumalda, Stewartia pseudocamellia, Vitis cf. thunbergii, Wistaria brachybotrys

• Makimoto et al. (2004) Geology of the Kokawa District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 89p. (in Japanese with English abstract 4p.)
• Hirayama and Kambe (1959) Koyasan, Explanatory Text of the Geological Map of Japan, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 41p. (in Japanese with English abstract 7p.)