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Nageiredo Tuff Breccia

• Type locality: Nageiredo, Misasa city, Tohaku county, Tottori prefecture
• Volcanic rocks
• Miocene

• Lithofacies: Andesite tuff breccia
• Lithofacies (Minor): Andesite lava, Lapilli tuff, Tuff, Mudstone, Sanstone

• Thickness: 350 m or thicker
• Lower limit: Transitional (Ojika Tuff Breccia)

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

• Distribution: Nageiredo - Yoshiwara, Misasa city, Tohaku county, Tottori pref.
• Fossils (Plants): Acer nordenskioldi, Acer palaeodiabolicum, Acer palaeorufinerve, Acer cf. pseudocarpinifolium, Acer submayrii, Acer subpictum, Betula protoermanni, Betula protoglobispica, Carpinus nipponica, Carpinus subyedoensis, Carya miocathayensis, Castanea miocrenata, Celtis nordenskioldii, Clethra sp., Cornus megapylla, Cornus subkousa, Fagus palaeocrenata, Ficus sp., Juglans sp., Juniperus honshuensis, Liquidambar protoformosana, Liriodendron honsyuensis, Magnolia elliptica, Populus aizuana, Pterocarya nipponica, Quercus miocrispula, Quercus protodentata, Quercus protoserrata, Rhododendron protodilatatum, Sassafras subtriloba, Schizophragma mitokuensis, Sorbus nipponica, Stewartia submonadelpha, Taiwania japonica, Tilia miohenryana, Ulmus protojaponica, Ulmus protolaciniata, Wistaria fallax, Zelkova ungeri

• Murayama and Ozawa (1961) Aoya & Kurayoshi, Explanatory Text of the Geological Map of Japan, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 71p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)