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Yanagi Formation
- Coherent formation
- Late Triassic (Bivalves)
- Correlation: Nabae Group
- Sedimentary facies: Marine
- Lithofacies: Shale
- Lithofacies (Minor): Sandstone
------ Conformity, ~~~~~~ Unconformity, ~~~--- Local unconformity, '''/,, Interfingered, :::::: Fault, /--/-- Thrust, +__+__ Ground surface, ?--?-- Unknown
- Distribution: Yanagi, Mimasaka city, Okayama pref.
- Fossils (Shellfishes): Lima cf. yataensis, Minetrigonia hegiensis, Palaeophams maizurensis, Parallelodon sp., Velata maizurensis
- Takemura et al. (2009) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.115, Supplement, pp.123-137 DOI
- Mitsuno and Omori (1965) Susai, Explanatory Text of the Geological Map of Japan, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 59p. (in Japanese with English abstract 17p.)