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List of fossils in Fukushima prefecture
A list of fossils reported from Fukushima prefecture, Tohoku region, Honshu island, Japan.
Photographs of outcrops and fossils in Fukushima prefecture
- Carboniferous (358.9-298.9 Ma)
- Corals
- order Rugosa, Tetracorallia
- order Tabulata, Tabulate coral
- Permian (298.9-252.17 Ma)
- Trilobites
- Endops yanagisawai
- Cephalopod
- Brachiopods
- Ferns or Conifers
- Taeniopteris sp.
- Corals
- Fusulinids
- Jurassic (201.3-145.0 Ma)
- Ammonoids
- Aulacosphinctoides cf. steigeri
- Cretaceous (145.0-66.0 Ma)
- Plesiosaurs
- Futabasaurus suzukii
- Polycotylus sp.
- Sharks (Teeth)
- Ammonoids
- Eubostrychoceras sp.
- Mesopuzosia sp.
- Polyptychoceras sp.
- Yabeiceras sp.
- Insects
- order Hymenoptera
- Bivalvia
- Glycymeris, sp., Bittersweet clam
- Inoceramus sp.
- Lucinoma sp.
- Trigonia sp.
- Conifers
- subfamily Taxodiaceae, (Trunks)
- Oligocene (39.0-23.03 Ma)
- Bivalvia
- Acila oyamadensis
- Clinocardium asagaiensis
- Cyclocardia laxata
- Glycymeris nakosoensis
- Liocyma furtiva
- Mya grewingki
- superfamily Ostreoidea, Oyster
- Papyridea harrimani
- Periploma besshoense
- Venericardia tokunagai => Cyclocardia tokunagai
- Yoldia asagaiensis
- Yoldia laudabilis
- Gastropoda
- Turritella sp.
- Turritella tokunagai
- Miocene (23.03-5.33 Ma)
- Mammals
- Desmostylus sp., (Molars)
- Dicrocerus tokunagai
- Fishes (Scales)
- Scomber sp., (Entire structure)
- Sharks (Teeth)
- Echinuses
- Linthia sp.
- Bivalvia
- Acila sp.
- Chlamys sp.
- Conchocele bisecta, Giant cleftclam
- Dosinia sp.
- Ennucula sp.
- Fulvia sp.
- Glycymeris sp.
- Hiatella sp.
- Lucinoma acutilineata
- Lucinoma otukai
- Mactra sp.
- Megacardita sp.
- Mercenaria sp.
- Patinopecten sp.
- Pecten sp.
- Phacosoma sp. => Dosinia sp.
- Serripes laperousii
- Vasticardium sp.
- Yoldia sp.
- Yoldia tokunagai => Hataiyoldia tokunagai
- Scaphopods
- Gastropoda
- Buccinum sp.
- Lophiotoma sp.
- Mitra sp., Mitra shell
- Nassarius sp., Nassa mud snail, Dog whelk
- Natica sp.
- Turbonilla sp.
- Turritella sp.
- Turritella kadonosawaensis
- Flowering plants
- Acer sp., Maple, (Leaves)
- Comptonia naumanni => Comptonia japonica
- Fagus sp., Beech, (Leaves)
- Hemitrapa borealis, (Seeds)
- Quercus sp., Oak, (Leaves)
- Conifers
- Metasequoia sp.
- Corals
- Foraminifera
- Amphistegina lessonii
- Bolivina robusta
- Cibicides datensis
- Globobulimina sp.
- Hanzawaia nipponica
- Lagenonodosaria fukusimaensis => Amphicoryna fukushimaensis
- Nephrolepidina japonica
- Pseudononion japonicum
- Diatoms
- Radiolarians
- Trace fossils
- Pipe rocks
- Miocene-Pliocene
- Mammals
- Cetacea, infraorder, Whales (Bones)
- Sharks (Teeth, Bones)
- Echinoids (Needles)
- Bivalvia
- Acila sp.
- Anadara amicula
- Arca boucardi
- Conchocele sp.
- Glycymeris yessoensis
- Lucinoma acutilineata
- Macoma calcarea, Chalky macoma
- Miodontiscus prolongatus
- Mactromeris polynyma
- Venericardia ferruginea
- Pseudopecten? sp.
- Scaphopoda
- Fissidentalium yokoyamai
- Gastropoda
- Cryptonatica andoi, Violet-mouthed moon
- Fulgoraria megaspira magna
- Fusitriton oregonensis, Oregon hairy triton
- Neohaustator fortilirata, Strong-ribbed turritella
- Neptunea intersculpta
- Thylacodes adamsii, Imbricated worm shell
- Flowering plants
- Liquidambar formosana var. cordata
- Foraminifera
- Diatoms
- Pliocene (5.33-2.58 Ma)
- Mammals
- Mysticeti gen. et sp. indet.
- Quaternary
- Mammals
- Capricornis sp., Serow
- Cervus nippon
- Lepus sp.
- Martes sp., Marten
- Meles sp., Badger
- Murina sp.
- Petaurista sp.
- Rhinolophidae gen. et sp. indet., Horseshoe bat
- order Rodentia
- Urotrichus sp., Japanese shrew mole
- Ursidae gen. et sp. indet., Bear
- Vulpes sp., Fox
- Pleistocene (2.58- 0.01Ma)
- Mammals
- Palaeoloxodon naumanni, (Molars)
- Fishes
- Bivalvia
- superfamily Ostreoidea, Oyser
- Gastropods
- Flowering plants
- Carpinus tschonoskii, Asian hornbeam
- Eleutherococcus sp.
- Fagus sp., Beech
- Fraxinus sp., Ash
- Ilex sp., Holly
- Ilex serrata, Japanese winterberry
- Juglans cinerea var. megacinerea, (Nuts)
- Magnolia kobus, Kobushi magnolia, (Seeds)
- Menyanthes sp., (Seeds)
- Quercus sp., Oak
- Styrax sp., Snowbell tree
- Waterweed (Seeds)
- Conifers
- Abies veitchii, Veitch's fir
- Chamaecyparis pisifera, (Cones, Branches)
- Larix gmelinii subsp. japonica, (Cones)
- Larix leptolepis => Larix kaempferi, Japanese larch, (Cones)
- Picea sp., Spruce, (Cones)
- Picea glehnii, Sakhalin spruce, (Cones)
- Picea jezoensis, Jezo spruce, (Cones)
- Picea koyamae, Koyama's spruce, (Cones)
- Picea maximowiczii, Japanese bush spruce, (Cones)
- Pinus koraiensis, Korean pine, (Cones)
- Tsuga sp., (Cones)
- Tsuga diversifolia, Northern Japanese hemlock, (Cones)
- Trace fossls
- Boring shells
- Investigation in progress
- Crustaceans
- Cancer sambonsugii => Anatolikos japonicus