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Katata Formation
- Coherent formation
- Pliocene (1.4 - ? Ma)
- Sedimentary facies: Terrestrial
- Upper limit: Conformity
- Lower limit: Conformity
------ Conformity, ~~~~~~ Unconformity, ~~~--- Local unconformity, '''/,, Interfingered, :::::: Fault, /--/-- Thrust, +__+__ Ground surface, ?--?-- Unknown
- Distribution: Shiga pref.
- Fossils: Mammuthus protomammonteus, Stegodon orientalis, Picea maximowiczii, Menyanthes trifoliata, Metasequoia sp.
- Satoguchi et al. (2012) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.118, Supplement, pp.70-78 DOI