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List of fossils in Yamagata prefecture
A list of fossils reported from Yamagata prefecture, Tohoku region, Honshu island, Japan.
Photographs of outcrops and fossils in Yamagata prefecture
- Jurassic-Cretaceous
- Radiolarians
- ???
- Miocene (23.03-5.33 Ma)
- Mammals
- Whales, (Bones)
- Dusisiren dewana
- Sharks (Teeth)
- Fishes (Scales)
- Iquius sp.
- Crustaceans
- suborder Balanomorpha, Barnacles
- order Araneae, Spider
- Insects
- family Chironomidae, (Wings)
- order Ephemeroptera, Mayflies, (Wings)
- family Formicidae, Ant
- suborder Heteroptera
- order Hymenoptera
- family Mycetophilidae
- subphylum Asterozoa, Starfishes
- Echinoids
- Bivalvia
- Anadara sp.
- Anadara kakehataensis
- Chlamys cosibensis
- Chlamys kaneharai => Mimachlamys kaneharai
- Conchocele sp.
- Crassostrea gravitesta => Magallana gigas, Pacific oyster
- Cycladicama takeyamai
- Dosinia nomurai
- Fulvia? sp.
- Geloina sp.
- Hiatula minoensis
- Miyagipecten matsumoriensis
- Mizuhopecten sp.
- Mizuhopecten kimurai ugoensis
- Mizuhopecten matsumoriensis
- Mya sp.
- Panomya simotomensis
- Propeamussium tateiwai
- Yabepecten ogasawarai
- Diplodonta ferruginata?
- Gastropoda
- Ancistrolepis mogamiensis
- Pirenella cingulata
- Pirenella yatsuoensis
- Chicoreus tiganouranus
- Fulgoraria sp.
- Glossaulax sp.
- Seila sp.
- Vicarya sp.
- Vicarya yokoyamai => Potamides yokoyamai
- Vicaryella sp.
- Brachiopods
- Flowering plants
- Acer pictum ssp. mono, (Leaves)
- Alnus miojaponica, (Leaves)
- Carpinus sp., Hornbeam, (Leaves)
- Comptonia sp.
- Fagus antipofi, (Leaves)
- Kandelia sp., (Pollen)
- Liquidambar miosinica, (Leaves)
- Mangrove forest, (Pollen)
- Populus sp., Poplar, (Leaves)
- Rosa usyuensis, (Leaves)
- Ulmus sp., (Leaves)
- Ulmus protoparvifolia, (Leaves)
- Conifers
- Glyptostrobus sp., (Leaves)
- Metasequoia sp., (Leaves)
- Foraminifera
- Cyclammina sp.
- Miogypsina sp.
- Operculina sp.
- Sponges
- Makiyama chitanii
- Radiolarians
- Trace fossils
- Rosselia isp.
- Miocene-Pliocene
- Mammals
- family Balaenopteridae
- infraorder Pinnipedia
- Sharks (Teeth)
- Shellfishes
- Trace fossils
- Ophiomorpha isp.
- Rosselia isp.
- Teredolites => Teredo sp., Shipworm, (Tubes)
- Thalassinoides isp.
- Pliocene (5.33-2.58 Ma)
- Mammals
- Hydrodamalis sp.
- Fishes
- Cottus sp., Freshwater sculpin, (Entire structure)
- Flowering plants
- Comptonia kidoi, (Leaves)
- Trapa sp., (Seeds)
- Conifers
- Glyptostrobus sp.
- Trace fossils
- Grus vipio, White-necked crane, (Footprints)
- Pleistocene (2.58- 0.01Ma)
- Mammals
- superfamily Odontoceti, Dolphins (Teeth)
- Palaeoloxodon naumanni, (Molars)
- Fishes
- Cottus sp., Freshwater sculpin
- Sharks
- Carcharhinus sp., (Teeth)
- Insects
- Aquatic insects
- Echinoids
- Bivalvia
- Acila sp.
- Mercenaria sp.
- Gastropoda
- Babylonia sp.
- Glossaulax sp.
- Megangulus sp.
- Natica sp.
- Retifusus cf. virens
- Turritella saishuensis motidukii
- Flowering plants
- Acer sp., (Samara)
- Acer pictum mono, Painted maple, (Leaves)
- Betula ermanii, Erman's birch, (Leaves)
- Betula maximowicziana, Monarch birch
- Fagus sp., Beech, (Leaves)
- Juglans mandshurica
- Juglans cinerea megacinerea, (Nuts)
- Menyanthes sp., (Seeds)
- Quercus mongolica subsp. crispula, (Leaves)
- Tilia sp., (Leaves)
- Trapa macropoda, (Seeds)
- Conifers
- Abies sachalinensis, Sakhalin fir, (Pollen)
- Picea sp., Spruce, (Stocks)
- Picea jezoensis, Jezo spruce, (Cones)
- subfamily Taxodiaceae
- Thuja standishii
- Tsuga sp.
- Tsuga diversifolia, Northern japanese hemlock, (Pollen)
- Diatoms
- Freshwater diatoms
- Holocene (0.01-0 Ma)
- Flowering plants
- Castanea sp., Chestnut
- Quercus sp., Oak
- Salix sp., Willow
- Investigation in progress
- Fishes
- family Cyprinidae, (Entire structure)
- family Myctophidae
- Starfishes
- class Ophiuroidea
- Flowering plants
- Alnus sp., Alder
- Betula sp., Birch
- Juglans sp., Walnut tree
- Nelumbo sp., (Leaves)
- Populus sp., Poplar
- Pterocarya sp., Wng nut
- Zelkova sp.
- Conifers
- family Taxodiaceae