Kishima Group

The Kishima Group is a group of palaeontological geological formations located in Japan.

It dates to the Upper Eocene—Lower Oligocene epochs of the Paleogene Period, in the Cenozoic Era.

The formations of the Kishima Group are:

Daimyoji Formation
Funazu Formation
Itanoura Formation
Kakinoura Formation
Kishima Formation
Magome Formation
Matsushima Formation
Okinoshima Formation
Oshima Formation.

See also

List of fossil sites

References

Vickers-Rich, Patricia & Rich, Thomas Hewett (1993); Wildlife of Gondwana. Reed. ISBN 0-7301-0315-3

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