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Usugatani Formation

Usugatani Fm


Period: 
Triassic

Age Interval: 
Ladinian, (15c)


Province: 
Kurosegawa Belt- Shikoku

Type Locality and Naming

Kurosegawa Belt-eastern Shikoku

Synonym:


Lithology and Thickness

Mudstone dominated


Lithology Pattern: 
Claystone


Relationships and Distribution

Lower contact

Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next older unit as Haigyu Gr

Upper contact

Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next younger unit as Sabudani Fm

Regional extent

Kurosegawa Belt-eastern Shikoku


GeoJSON

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Fossils


Age 

Triassic (Ladinian)

Age Span: 

    Beginning stage: 
Ladinian

    Fraction up in beginning stage: 
0.0

    Beginning date (Ma): 
241.46

    Ending stage: 
Ladinian

    Fraction up in the ending stage: 
1.0

    Ending date (Ma):  
237.00

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.