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List of fossils in Kagawa prefecture

A list of fossils reported from Kagawa prefecture, Shikoku region, Shikoku island, Japan.

Photographs of outcrops and fossils in Kagawa prefecture

Cretaceous (145.0-66.0 Ma)
Ammonoids
Baculites sp.
Didymoceras sp.
Echinoids
Linthia sp.
Washitaster(?) macroholcus => Heteraster macroholcus
Bivalves
Inoceramus balticus => Cataoceramus balticus
Inoceramus (Platyceramus) ezoensis => Inoceramus ezoensis
Inoceramus regularis
superfamily Ostreoidea, Oyster
Pleurogrammatodon sp.
Gastropods
Cycads
Trace fossils
Archeozostera sp.
Pipe rocks
Oligocene (39.0-23.03 Ma)
Bivalves
Ruditapes sp.
Solen sp.
Vasticardium sp.
Gastropods
Glossaulax sp.
Turritella sp.
Flowering plants
Fagus sp., Beech
Myrica sp.
Quercus sp., Oak
Salix sp., Willow
Conifers
Metasequoia sp.
Miocene (23.03-5.33 Ma)
Sharks
Carcharias sp.
Carcharias obliquus => Otodus obliquus
Isurus sp., Mako shark
Isurus hastaris => Cosmopolitodus hastalis, Broad-tooth white shark
Echinoids
Linthia sp.
Bivalves
Acila sp.
Anadara sp.
Callista sp.
Cardita sp.
Cardita minoensis
Cardium sp.
Cullus sp. => Cultellus sp.
Dosinia sp.
Glycymeris sp., Bittersweet clam
Glycymeris cf. crassa
Gomphina sp.
Isognomon sp.
Isognomon hatai
Limatula sp.
Lucinoma sp.
Ostrea sp.
Pitar itoi
Ruditapes sp.
Saccella sp.
Siratoria sp.
Tapes nagahamaensis
Tellinides sp.
Thyasira sp.
Vasticardium sp.
Vasticardium teshimaense
Venericardia sp.
Venericardia (Cyclocardia) siogamensis => Cyclocardia siogamensis
Scaphopods
Dentalium yokoyamai => Fissidentalium yokoyamai
Gastropods
Astraea sp.
Astraea furuichii
Calyptraea sp., Chinese hat snail
Calyptraea hataii
Cancellaria sp.
Cerithidea sp.
Crepidula isimotoi
Cryptonatica jathosotomoides => Cryptonatica andoi, Violet-mouthed moon
Epitonium sp.
Euspira sp.
Euspira meisensis
Musashia cf. yanagidaniensis => Fulgoraria cf. yanagidaniensis
Nassarius sp., Nassa mud snail
Neverita sp.
Polinices sp.
Siphoralia sp.
Terebra sp.
Turritella sp.
Turritella oyasio
Turritella cf. s-hataii => Turritella cf. shataii
Vermetus sp.
Flowering plant
Alnus sp., Alder
Cinnamomum sp.
Cinnamomum lanceolatum
Comptoniphyllum sp. => Comptonia sp.
Fagus sp., Beech
Ficus tiliaefolia => Alangium aequalifolium
family Myricaceae
Pterocarya sp., Wing nut
Quercus sp., Oak
Salix sp., Willow
Sassafras sp.
Conifers
Metasequoia sp.
Metasequoia disticha
Pliocene-Pleistocene
Mammals
Palaeoloxodon naumanni, (Molars)
Parastegodon sugiyamai => Stegodon aurorae, (Molar)
family Cervidae, Deer
tribe Bovini, Wild cattle
Insects
family Chrysomelidae, Leaf beetle, (Wings)
Flowering plants
Alnus sp., Alder, (Pollen)
Carpinus sp., Hornbeam, (Pollen)
Carya ovatocarpa
family Compositae => family Asteraceae, (Pollen)
Corylus sp., Hazel, (Nuts)
Corylus heterophylla
Corylus heterophylla var. thunbergii, Asian hazel
Corylus sieboldiana, Asian beaked hazel
Euryale sp.
Fagus sp., Beech, (Pollen)
Juglans sp., Walnut tree, (Pollen)
Juglans megacinerea => Juglans cinerea var. megacinerea
Nuphar sp., (Pollen)
Persicaria sp., Smartweed, (Pollen)
Pterocarya sp., Wing nut, (Pollen)
Pterocarya multistriata => Cyclocarya paliurus, Wheel wingnut
Quercus sp., Oak, (Pollen)
Quercus rubroidea
Rhododendron sp., (Pollen)
Stewartia monadelpha
Styrax japonicus, Japanese snowbell
Tilia sp., (Pollen)
Trapa sp., (Seeds)
Trapa macropoda
Zelkova sp., (Pollen)
Conifers
Abies sp., Fir, (Pollen)
Cryptomeria sp., (Pollen)
Cunninghamia sp.
Metasequoia sp.
Metasequoia japonica => Metasequoia occidentalis, (Cones, Pollen)
Picea sp., Spruce, (Pollen)
Picea koribai, (Cones)
Picea maximowiczii, Japanese bush spruce, (Cones)
Pinus sp., Pine, (Pollen)
Psendotsuga sp., Douglas fir, (Pollen)
Pseudotsuga japonica, (Cones)
Pseudotsuga subrotunda, (Cones)
Sequoia sp., (Leaves)
Tsuga sp., (Pollen)
Quaternary
Mammals
Cervus paleoezoensis
Investigation in progress
Crustaceans
Arges parallelus