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Fossils of Saitama prefecture
Prefectural Fossil: Paleoparadoxia tabatai Tokunaga from Hannya, Ogano city and Onohara, Chichibu city
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Fossils reported from Saitama prefecture
A list of fossils observed at 8 locations in Saitama prefecture, Kanto region, Honshu island, Japan
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Ogano village
Mount Futago
Kawarasawa, Ogano village, Chichibu county, Saitama pref.
Early Cretaceous, Mesozoic (130 Ma)
Yobake
Shimoogano, Ogano village, Chichibu county, Saitama pref.
Miocene, Neogene, Cenozoic (15 Ma)
Chichibu city
Shiozawa
Shiozawa, Otaki, Chichibu city, Saitama pref.
Permian, Paleozoic (280 Ma)
Hanno city
Anagiri
Anagiri, Agano, Hanno city, Saitama pref.
Late Carboniferous-Permian, Paleozoic (280 Ma)
Higashimatsuyama city
Kuzubukuro
Kuzubukuro, Higashimatsuyama city, Saitama pref.
Miocene, Neogene, Cenozoic (15 Ma)
- Shark tooth (Megalodon)
- Shark tooth (Megalodon with crenulation)
- Blood vein in shark tooth
- Shark teeth
- Vertebral body of shark
- Sea urchin (Echinoidea)
- Keyhole limpet (Fissurellidae)
- Brachiopoda
Iwadono
Iwadono, Higashimatsuyama city, Saitama pref.
Miocene, Neogene, Cenozoic (15 Ma)
- Acorn cup of Beech
Hidaka city
Niihori
Niihori, Hidaka city, Saitama pref.
Early Cretaceous, Mesozoic (130 Ma)
Iruma city
Motokaji
Noda, Iruma city, Saitama pref.
Early Pleistocene, Quaternary, Cenozoic (1.8 Ma)
- Footprints of Stegodon aurorae
- Metasequoia sp. (Cone)
Bushi
Bushi, Iruma city, Saitama pref.
Early Pleistocene, Quaternary, Cenozoic (1.8 Ma)
- Trace fossil (Psilonichnus isp.)