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Higashimeya Formation Kanaya, 1950

• Type locality: Tashiro, Nishimeya city, Nakatsugaru county, Aomori prefecture
• Coherent formation
• Pliocene

• Lithofacies: Siltstone
• Lithofacies (Minor): Sandstone, Acidic tuff, Conglomerate

• Thickness: 100 - 200 m
• Upper limit: Unconformity (Koganeyama Formation, Takano Dacite)
• Lower limit: Interfingered (Soma Agglomerate Formation), Unconformity (Taiaki Formation)

• Distribution: Tashiro, Nishimeya city, Nakatsugaru county, Aomori pref.
• Fossils: Foraminifera, Diatoms, Sponges
• Fossils (Shellfishes): Acila divaricata, Acila cf. insignis, Acila sp., Admete lischkei, Anadara amicula, Antiplanes contraria, Astarte alaskensis, Astarte aomoriensis, Astarte borealis, Bittum yokoyamai, Buccinum yoroianum, Buccinum sp., Cancellaria? sp., Cardium sp., Chlamys cosibensis, Chlamys cf. heteroglyptus, Clinocardium californiense, Cocculina japonica, Dentalium weinkauffi, Epitonium angulatosimile, Epitonium aomoriensis, Glycymeris nipponica, Glycymeris yessoensis, Leucosyrinx yonegafukuroensis, Lima goliath, Limatula subauriculata, Limopsis tokaiensis, Limopsis sp., Lucinoma cf. acutilineatum, Macoma oinomikadoi, Mytilus sp., Natica tugaruana, Natica severa, Neptunea arthritica hirosakiensis, Nuculana pernula, Nuculana sp., Patinopecten kurosawaensis, Pholadomya kawadai, Portlandia scapha hirosakiensis, Propeamussium cf. intuscostatum, Serripes laperousii, Sinum oblongum yuguchiensis, Solen krusensternii, Turritella fortilirata, Turritella fortilirata hakei, Turritella nipponica, Turritella saishuensis, Turritella saishuensis motidukii, Venericardia ferruginea, Venericardia sp.

• Ozawa (1962) Hirosaki, Explanatory Text of the Geological Map of Japan, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 52p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)