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List of fossils in Kyoto prefecture
A list of fossils reported from Kyoto prefecture, Kinki region, Honshu island, Japan.
Photographs of outcrops and fossils in Kyoto prefecture
- Paleozoic
- Corals
- Permian (298.9-252.17 Ma)
- Brachiopods
- Crinoids
- Fusulinids
- Lepidolina sp.
- Pseudofusulina sp.
- Yabeina sp.
- Bryozoans
- Triassic (252.17-201.3 Ma)
- Trilobites
- Ammonoids
- Bivalves
- Bakevellia sp.
- family Limidae, File shell
- Minetrigonia sp.
- Minetrigonia hegiensis hegiensis => Minetrigonia hegiensis
- Monotis sp.
- Ginkgopsids
- Ferns
- Equisetum sp., Horsetail
- Brachiopods
- Fusulinids
- Lepidolina sp.
- Conodonts
- Jurassic (201.3-145.0 Ma)
- Bivalves
- Trigonia sp.
- Miocene (23.03-5.33 Ma)
- Mammals
- Desmostylus sp.
- Sharks, (Teeth)
- Fishes
- family Clupeidae
- Xenocypris sp.
- Crustaceans
- suborder Balanomorpha, Barnacle
- infraoder Brachyura, Crabs
- Bivalves
- Acila sp.
- Acila sp.
- Anadara sp.
- Anadara abdita
- Chlamys sp.
- Crepidula jimboana
- Cultellus attenuatus
- Cultellus izumoensis
- Cyclocardia siogamensis
- Dosinia sp.
- Dosinia nomurai
- Felaniella sp.
- Lucinoma sp.
- Marcia sp.
- Nipponomarcia nakamurai
- superfamily Ostreoidea, Oyster
- Patinopecten sp.
- Ruditapes miyamurensis
- Saccella sp.
- Gastropods
- Protorotella yuantaniensis
- Rhinoclavis sp.
- Siphonalia sp.
- Turritella sp.
- Turritella shataii
- Umbonium sp.
- Vicarya sp.
- Vicarya callosa japonica => Potamides yokoyamai japonica
- Vicaryella ishiiana => Potamides ishiiana
- Flowering plants
- Fagus sp., Beech, (Leaves)
- Quercus sp., Oak, (Leaves)
- Quercus acutissima, Sawtooth oak, (Leaves)
- Quercus variabilis, Chinese cork oak, (Leaves)
- Zelkova sp., (Leaves)
- Conifers
- Metasequoia sp., (Leaves)
- Trace fossils
- Pipe rocks
- Pleistocene (2.58- 0.01Ma)
- Mammals
- Stegodon orientalis, (Molars, Bones)
- Cervus praenipponicus, (Bones)
- Fishes
- Crustaceans
- Crabs, (Claws)
- Bivalves
- Dosinia angulosa
- Paphia sp.
- Tegillarca sp.
- Flowering plants
- Aesculus sp.
- Alnus sp., Alder, (Nuts)
- Fagus sp., (Nuts)
- Fagus hayatae
- family Juglandaceae, (Nuts)
- Juglans mandshurica var. sachalinensis, Japanese walnut
- Magnolia kobus, Kobushi magnolia
- Menyanthes sp.
- Paliurus nipponicus
- Prunus salicina, Japanese plum
- Quercus sp., Oak, (Nuts)
- Styrax sp., Snowbell tree, (Seeds)
- Trapa macropoda
- Triadica sebifera var. pleistoceaca
- Conifers
- Cephalotaxus obounta
- Picea sp., Spruce, (Cones)
- Picea maximowiczii, Japanese bush spruce, (Cones)
- Picea polita => Picea torano, Tigertail spruce, (Cones)
- Pinus thunbergii, Japanese black pine
- Holocene (0.01-0 Ma)
- Flowering plants
- Aphananthe sp., (Pollen)
- Betula sp., Birch, (Pollen)
- Celtis sp., Hackberry, (Pollen)
- Menyanthes sp., (Pollen)
- Quercus sp., (Pollen)
- Conifers
- subfamily Taxodiaceae, (Pollen)
- Pinus sp., Pine, (Pollen)
- Diatoms
- Eunotia sp.
- Investigation in progress
- Bivalves
- Magallana gigas, Pacific oyster
- Planostrea pestigris
- Ruditapes sp.
- Scapharca sp. => Anadara sp.
- Sponges, (Spicules)
- Radiolarians