List of fossils in Aomori prefecture

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List of fossils in Aomori prefecture

A list of fossils reported from Aomori prefecture, Tohoku region, Honshu island, Japan.

Photographs of outcrops and fossils in Aomori prefecture

Paleozoic

Sponges: Calcareous sponges

Stromatoporoids

Carboniferous (358.9-298.9 Ma)

Triassic (252.17-201.3 Ma)

Jurassic (201.3-145.0 Ma)

Miocene (23.03-5.33 Ma)

Mammals: Whales (Bones)

Fishes (Scales)

Crustaceans: suborder Balanomorpha

Bivalvia: Chlamys nipponensis => Azumapecten farreri nipponensis; Mizuhopecten sp.

Foraminifera: Miogypsina sp.; Operculina sp.

Sponges (Spicules): Makiyama chitanii

Trace fossils

Pliocene (5.33-2.58 Ma)

Mammals: Whales (Bones); Eschrichtius sp., (Bones)

Fishes (Bones)

Sharks (Teeth)

Echinuses (Needles): Scaphechinus sp.

Bivalvia: Acila insignis; Acila (Truncacila) nakazimai => Acila nakazimai; Anadara sp.; Astarte (Tridonta) alaskensis => Astarte alaskensis; Astarte borealis; Callista (Ezocallista) brevisiphonata => Ezocallista brevisiphonata; Callithaca adamsi => Protocallithaca adamsi; Chlamys cosibensis; Chlamys cosibensis heteroglypta; Chlamys daishakaensis => Chlamys tanassevitschi; Chlamys imanishii; Clinocardium californiense => Keenocardium californiense; Clinocaridum chikagawaense; Cyclocardia ferruginea => Venericardia ferruginea; Ezocalista brevisiphonata; Fortipecten kenyoshiensis; Glycymeris nipponica; Glycymeris yessoensis; Limopsis tokaiensis; Lucinoma sp.; Macoma oinomikadoi => Macoma calcarea; Mercenaria sp.; Monia macrochisma => Pododesmus macrochisma; Monia macrochisma ezoana => Pododesmus macrochisma; Mya sp.; Mytilus crassitesta => Mytilus unguiculatus; Nuculana onoyamai; Nuculana (Thestyleda) yokoyamai => Nuculana yokoyamai; Pandora (Kennerlia) wardiana => Pandora wardiana; Panopea japonica; Patinopecten tokunagai => Yabepecten tokunagai; Patinopecten tokyoensis hokurikuensis => Mizuhopecten tokyoensis hokurikuensis; Patinopten yessoensis yokoyamai => Mizuhopecten yessoensis yokoyamae; Polynemamussium alaskense => Parvamussium alaskense, Alaska glass scallop; Solen sp.; Swiftopecten swiftii; Vasticardium sp.; Venericardia (Cyclocardia) ferruginea => Venericardia ferruginea; Yoldia (Cnesterium) johanni => Yoldia johanni

Gastropoda: Antiplanes contraria => Antiplanes vinosa; Buccinum ochotense; Cancellaria kobayashii; Cancellaria mutsuana; Ceratostoma (Ocenebra) aduncum => Ocinebrellus falcatus; Cocculina japonica; Crepidula grandis => Grandicrepidula grandis; Fulgoraria masudae; Fusitriton oregonensis; Leucosyrinx yonegafukuroensis; Mohnia yanamii => Retifusus virens; Natica janthostomoides => Cryptonatica andoi, Violet-mouthed moon; Natica tugaruana => Cryptonatica tugaruana; Neptunea sp.; Neptunea arthritica; Neptunea sakurai; Neptunea vinosa; Ophiodermella miyatensis; Polytropa sp. => Nucella sp.; Rectiplanes sanctiioannis => Antiplanes sanctiioannis; Tectonatica janthostomoides => Cryptonatica andoi, Violet-mouthed moon; Turritella fortilirata => Neohaustator fortilirata, Strong-ribbed turritella; Turritella nipponica => Neohaustator fortilirata, Strong-ribbed turritella; Turritella saishuensis

Flowering plants (Leaves, Pollen): Juglans cinerea var. megacinerea, (Cones)

Sponges (Spicules)

Trace fossils: Burrows, (class Polychaeta); Burrows, (Penitella sp.); Feeding marks, (order Spatangoida); Pipe rocks

Pleistocene (2.58- 0.01Ma)

Mammals: family Cervidae, Deer, (Bones); Sinomegaceros yabei, (Horns); Paleoloxodon namadicus aomoriensis => Palaeoloxodon naumanni, (Entire structure, Molars); Palaeoloxodon naumanni, (Entire structure, Molars); Panthera tigris, Tiger, (Jaws); Sus sp., (Bones)

Crustaceans: suborder Balanomorpha, Barnacle

Bivalvia: Anadara subcrenata => Anadara kagoshimensis; Arca boucardi; Astarte alaskensis; Chlamys nipponensis => Azumapecten farreri nipponensis; Clinocardium californiense => Keenocardium californiense, Bering cockle; Corbicula sp.; Clinocardium braunsi; Dosinia japonica; Entodesma naviculoides => Entodesma navicula; Fablina minuta => Nitidotellina lischkei; Fulvia mutica; Macoma incongrua; Meretrix lusoria, Common orient clam; Monia cf. macrochisma => Pododesmus cf. macrochisma, Green falsejingle; Mya japonica => Mya arenaria, Soft-shell clam, Sand gaper; Ostrea gigas => Magallana gigas; Protothaca euglypta => Leukoma euglypta; Protothaca jedoensis => Leukoma jedoensis; Psudogramatodon dalli => Porterius dalli; Raeta pulchella; Saxidomus purpurata; Solen cf. gouldi => Solen cf. strictus, Razor clam; Tapes sp.

Scaphopoda: Dentalium octangulatum hexagonum => Paradentalium hexagonum

Gastropoda: Acmaea pallida => Niveotectura pallida; Batillaria multiformis; Boreotrophon candelabrum; Ceratostoma japonica => Ocenebra inornata, Japanese dwarf triton; Neptunea arthritica; Puncturella nobilis; Rapana venosa; Tectonatica janthostomoides => Cryptonatica andoi, Violet-mouthed moon

Flowering plants: Alnus sp., (Pollen); Artemisia sp., (Pollen); Betula sp., (Pollen); Carpinus sp., (Pollen); family Compositae => family Asteraceae, (Pollen); family Ericaceae, (Pollen); Fagus sp., (Pollen); family Gramineae => family Poaceae, (Pollen); Juglans mandshurica var. sachalinensis, (Cones); Menyanthes trifoliata, Bogbean, (Seeds, Pollen); Quercus sp., Oak, (Pollen); Salix sp., Willow, (Pollen)

Conifers: Abies sp., (Pollen); Larix sp., (Trunks); Picea sp., (Trunks, Pollen); Picea jezoensis, (Cones); Pinus sp., Pine (Pollen); subfamily Taxodiaceae, (Pollen); Tsuga sp., (Pollen)

Ferns, (Spores)

Corals: Oulangia sp.

Trace fossils: Burrows; Pipe rocks; Macaronichnus isp., (Excirolana sp.) => Macaronichnus isp. (Waste traces of Polychaeta, Ragworms); Ophiomorpha isp., (Dwelling traces of Crustacea , Crustaceans); Rosselia isp., (Tubes of Terebellidae)

Investigation in progress

Mammals: Canis lupus, Wolf, (Bones)

Fishes (Entire structure)

Flowering plants: Fagus sp., Beech, (Leaves)