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Moura Andesites Uemura, 1983
Invalid synonym: Moura Volcanic Breccia
- Type locality: Moura, Hiranai city, Higashitsugaru county, Aomori prefecture
- Volcanic rocks
- Miocene (Onnagawa stage, Diatoms)
- Sedimentary facies: Shallow marine
- Water temperature: Cold
- Depth of water: Open sea
- Lithofacies: Andesitic hyaloclastite, Reworked hyaloclastite
- Lithofacies: Andesitic volcanic breccia, Tuff breccia, Lapilli tuff, Sandy tuff
- Lithofacies (Minor): Andesite lava, Dacitic hyaloclastite, Siliceous shale, Diatomaceous mudstone
------ Conformity, ~~~~~~ Unconformity, ~~~--- Local unconformity, '''/,, Interfingered, :::::: Fault, /--/-- Thrust, +__+__ Ground surface, ?--?-- Unknown
- Distribution: Moura, Hiranai city, Higashitsugaru county, Aomori pref.; Kugurizaka, Aomori city, Aomori pref.; Nonai, Aomori city, Aomori pref.
- Fossils (Diatom): Actinocyclus curvatulus, Actinocyclus ingens, Actinoptychus undulatus, Asteromphalus sp., Cocconeis costata, Coscinodiscus endoi, Coscinodiscus lineatus, Coscinodiscus marginatus, Coscinodiscus radiatus, Coscinodiscus stellaris, Coscinodiscus vetustissimus, Coscinodiscus yabei, Denticulopsis hustedtii, Grammatophora sp., Hemiaulus polymorphus, Melosira clavigera, Nitzschia spp., Stephanopyxis turris, Thalassionema nitzschioides, Thalassiosira sp., Triceratium sp.
- Fossils (Silicoflagellates): Cannopilus hemisphaericus, Distephanus crux, Distephanus langispinus, Distephanus speculum, Distephanus speculum var. cannopiloides, Distephanus speculum var. octanarius, Distephanus speculum var. pentagonus, Distephanus speculum var. septenarius, Mesocena hexagona, Macrora stella
- Uemura (1983) Geology of the Asamushi District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 40p. (in Japanese with English abstract 4p.)