Tochikubo Formation

Tochikubo Formation
Stratigraphic range: Late Jurassic
TypeGeological formation
Unit ofSomanakamura Group
UnderliesNakanosawa Formation
OverliesYamagami Formation
AreaJapan
ThicknessUp to 350 m
Lithology
PrimarySandstone, Shale
Location
RegionFukushima Prefecture
CountryJapan
ExtentAbukuma Highlands, eastern Honshu

The Tochikubo Formation is a Jurassic geologic formation in northern Honshu, Japan, dating to the Oxfordian stage of the Late Jurassic. Fossil ornithopod tracks have been reported from the formation. As well as the bennettitaleans Kimuriella and Ohaniella.

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