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===Motobu and Yonamine Formations===
The Motobu and Yonamine Formations are [[Permian]] rocks that constitute the basement of the Motobu peninsula of [[Okinawa Island]], Central Ryukyu.<ref name=":10">{{cite journal |last1=Ishibashi |first1=T. |title=Stratigraphy of the Triassic Formation in Okinawa-jima, Ryukyus |journal=Memoirs of the Faculty of Science, Kyūsyū University. Series D, Geology |date=1969 |volume=19 |issue=3 |pages=373–385 |doi=10.5109/1543682|doi-access=free }}</ref>
The Motobu Formation consists mainly of [[limestone]] interbedded with [[chert]] and [[phyllite]].<ref name=":11">{{cite report|last1=Flint|first1= D. E.|last2= Saplis|first2= R. A.|last3=Corwin|first3= G.|date=1959|title=Military geology of Okinawa-jima, Ryūkyū-Rettō|volume=5 (Geology)|publisher= US Army Pacific, Office of the Engineer|url=https://wwwbooks.google.com/books/edition/Military_Geology_of_Okinawa_Jima_Ry%C5%ABky/?id=65ocAQAAMAAJ|via=Google Books}}</ref> The limestone contains [[foraminifera]] fossils of Permian age.<ref name=":9" />
The Yonamine Formation, with strata of interbedded phyllite, [[slate]], [[sandstone]], limestone, greenstone, and chert,<ref name=":11" /> underlies the Motobu Formation<ref name=":12">{{cite journal|last1=Konishi|first1= K.|date=1963|title=Pre-Miocene basement complex of Okinawa, and the tectonic belts of the Ryukyu Islands|journal=Science Reports of Kanazawa University|volume=8|issue=2|pages= 569–602|url=http://scirep.w3.kanazawa-u.ac.jp/articles/08-02-017.pdf}}</ref> and contains Permian corals.<ref name=":13">{{cite journal |last1=Haikawa |first1=T. |last2=Ishibashi |first2=T. |title=Waagenophyllum (Waagenophyllum) okinawense, a new Permian coral from Okinawa-jima, Ryukyu Islands : Paleontological Study of the Ryukyu Islands-VII |journal=Memoirs of the Faculty of Science, Kyūsyū University. Series D, Geology |date=1981 |volume=24 |issue=3 |pages=179–188 |doi=10.5109/1546074|doi-access=free }}</ref>