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Hinotani Unit (Hirayama et al., 1956) Hara et al., 2014

Invalid synonym: Hinotani Formation, Hinotani Group

• Type locality: Kagedani (Old name: Hinotani), Naka city, Naka county, Tokushima prefecture
• Accretionary complex
• Deposition (Mudstone): Cretaceous, Albian - Cenomanian (Radiolarians)
• Cretaceous, Albian - Cenomanian (Radiolarians)

• Sedimentary facies: Marine
• Lithofacies: Coherent facies
• Lithofacies (Minor): Broken facies
• Lithofacies: Sandstone, Interbedded sandstone and mudstone
• Sedimentary structures: Graded bedding, Convolute stratification

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

• Distribution: Mugi city, Kaifu county, Tokushima pref.; Nagayasuguchi dam - Kagedani - Minagawa river - Kaikawadani - Senbondani - Izuharadanigawa river - Nokubodanigawa river, Naga city, Naga county, Tokushima pref.; Sugikumagawa river, Kami city, Kochi pref.
• Fossils (Radiolarians): Archaeodictyomitra vulgaris, Archaeodictyomitra sliteri, Eusyringium? foremanae, Holocryptocanium barbui, Holocryptocanium cf. geysersensis, Holocryptocanium aff. tuberculatum, Mita gracilis, Pseudodictyomitra pseudomacrocephala, Pseudodictyomitra vestarensis

• Hara et al. (2014) Geology of the Kitagawa District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 72p. (in Japanese with English abstract 4p.)
• Kiminami and Toda (2007) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.113, no.4, pp.158-167 DOI