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List of fossils in Oita prefecture
A list of fossils reported from Oita prefecture, Kyushu region, Kyushu island, Japan.
Photographs of outcrops and fossils in Oita prefecture
- Cretaceous (145.0-66.0 Ma)
- Bivalves
- Inoceramus "hobetsuensis"
- Paleogene
- family Nautilidae
- Aturia sp.
- Miocene (23.03-5.33 Ma)
- Nautiloids
- Aturia minoensis
- Miocene-Pliocene
- Fishes
- Hemibarbus sp.
- Nipponocypris sp.
- Oncorhynchus masou subsp. masou
- Oncorhynchus masou ishikawae
- Tanakia lanceolata, Slender bitterling
- Flowering plants
- Acer sp., Maple, (Leaves)
- Carpinus sp., Hornbeam, (Leaves)
- Celtis sp., Hackberry, (Leaves)
- Fagus sp., Beech, (Leaves)
- Juglans sp., Walnut tree (Nuts)
- Myriophyllum spicatum, Eurasian watermilfoil
- Osmanthus heterophyllus, Holly osmanthus, (Leaves)
- Quercus sp., Oak, (Leaves)
- Salix sp., Willow, (Leaves)
- Trapa sp., (Seeds)
- Zelkova sp., (Leaves)
- Conifers
- Pinus sp., Pine, (Cones)
- Diatoms
- Pliocene-Pleistocene
- Bivalves
- Acila divaricata, Divaricate nut clam
- Lucinoma annulata, Western ridged lucina
- Mizuhopecten tokyoensis hokurikuensis
- Myadora ikebei
- Panopea japonica, Japanese geoduck
- Gastropods
- Inquisitor pseudoprincipalis
- Pleistocene (2.58- 0.01Ma)
- Mammals
- Mammuthus shigensis => Mammuthus protomammontheus
- Parastegodon akashiensis => Stegodon aurorae
- Palaeoloxodon namadicus naumanni => Palaeoloxodon naumanni
- Stegodon orientalis
- Echinoids
- Bivalves
- Anadara granosa => Tegillarca granosa, Blood cocke
- Alvenius ojiannus
- Cyclina orientalis
- Dosinia japonica
- Fulvia mutica, Japanese cockle
- Macoma incongrua
- Ostrea gigas => Magallana gigas, Pacific oyster
- Patinopecten sp.
- Raeta pulchella
- Striarca symmetrica => Verilarca interplicata
- Tapes (Ruditapes) japonica => Ruditapes philippinarum, Japanese littleneck
- Umitakea japonica => Barnea japonica
- Scaphopods
- Dentalium octangulatum hexagonum => Paradentalium hexagonum
- Gastropods
- Batilaria multiformis
- Batilaria zonalis
- Nassarius livescens => Nassarius castus
- Neverita didyma, Bladder moon snail
- Tritia japonica => Nassarius praematuratus
- Plants
- Investigation in progress
- Mammals
- family Rhinocerotidae, Rhinoceros
- Flowering plants
- Carpinus sp., Hornbeam
- Cinnamomum cfr. camphora, Camphor tree
- Planera ungeri => Zelkova ungeri
- Salix sp., Willow
- Trapa macropoda