Tochikubo Formation | |
Type: | Geological formation |
Prilithology: | Sandstone, Shale |
Country: | Japan |
Unitof: | Somanakamura Group |
Underlies: | Nakanosawa Formation |
Overlies: | Yamagami Formation |
Thickness: | Up to 350 m |
Extent: | Abukuma Highlands, eastern Honshu |
Area: | Japan |
Period: | Oxfordian |
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.[1] As well as the Bennettitalean Kimuriella.[2]