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Mitsuno Formation
Invalid synonym: Shiko Formation
- Coherent formation
- Miocene
- Sedimentary facies: Marine
- Lithofacies (Top): Sandstone, Mudstone
- Lithofacies (Upper): Interbedded sandstone and mudstone
- Lithofacies (Middle): Sandstone
- Lithofacies (Lower): Interbedded sandstone and mudstone
- Lithofacies (Bottom): Sandstone
- Lithofacies (Bottom, Minor): Coal
- Sedimentary structures (Bottom): Cross stratification, Pipe rocks
------ Conformity, ~~~~~~ Unconformity, ~~~--- Local unconformity, '''/,, Interfingered, :::::: Fault, /--/-- Thrust, +__+__ Ground surface, ?--?-- Unknown
- Distribution: Mie pref.; Nagai - Takada - Asari - Miwasaki, Shingu city, Wakayama pref.
- Fossils: Spilifer sp., Corals
- Fossils (Shellfishes): Aloidis cf. succincta, Anadara setoensis, Nassarius (Hinia) simizui, Pecten, Turritella kiiensis
- Murayama (1954) Shingu, Atawa, Explanatory Text of the Geological Map of Japan, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 27p. (in Japanese with English abstract 6p.)