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Tetori Gr

Tetori Gr


Period: 
Cretaceous

Age Interval: 
Early Cretaceous (Hauterivian-Albian), (19a, 19b (a) (b), 19d, 19e (a), 19f (b), 19g (c)


Province: 
Hida Gaien Belt-Shiroumadake area, Hida Gaien Belt- Fukuji-Takayama area, Hida Gaien Belt-Itoshiro area, Hida Gaien Belt-Ise area

Type Locality and Naming

Hida Gaien Belt

Synonym:


Lithology and Thickness

Conglomerates of the Tetori Gr locally contain chert clasts derived from the Mino-Tanba Belt (Kunugiza et al. 2002).

[Figure 1: Stratigraphic relationship among the rocks of the Hida Gaien Belt (after M. Ehiro et al., 2016)]


Lithology Pattern: 
Chert


Relationships and Distribution

Lower contact

Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next older unit as Akaiwa subgroup Fm

Upper contact

The schematic strat column indicates this is the youngest unit.

Regional extent

Hida Gaien Belt (widespread)


GeoJSON

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Fossils

Many of the best Japanese dinosaur fossils have been reported from the Tetori Gr


Age 

Early Cretaceous (Hauterivian-Albian)

Age Span: 

    Beginning stage: 
Hauterivian

    Fraction up in beginning stage: 
0.0

    Beginning date (Ma): 
132.60

    Ending stage: 
Albian

    Fraction up in the ending stage: 
1.0

    Ending date (Ma):  
100.50

Depositional setting


Depositional pattern:  


Additional Information


Compiler:  

Moreno, T., WALLIS, S., Kojima, T. & Gibbons, W. (Eds) 2016. The Geology of Japan. Geological Society. London. 1-24.