List of fossils in Gifu prefecture

Trace fossils: Boring shells; Creeping and crawling marks; Callianassa sp., (Pipe rocks); Teredo sp., Shipworm; Zirfaea subconstricta => Penitella gabbii, (Burrows)

Pliocene (5.33-2.58 Ma)

Flowering plants: Acer rubrum var. ligniatum; Acer rufinerve, Redvein maple; Alnus sp., Alder; Betula adstigmata; Brasenia purpurea => Brasenia schreberi, Water-shield; Carpinus laxiflora; Carpinus tschonoskii, Asian hornbeam; Carya sp., Hickory, (Nuts); Carya sinensis => Annamocarya sinensis, Beaked hickory; Carya ovatocarpa; Eucommia sp.; Fagus sp., Beech; Fagus ferruginea => Fagus crenata, Japanese beech; Fagus japonica, Japanese blue beech; Fortunearia sp.; Hamamelis parrotioides; Juglans megacinerea => Juglans cinerea var. megacinerea; Liquidambar formosana, Formosan gum; Mallotus sp.; Magnolia obovata, Japanese big leaf magnolia; Paliurus nipponicus; Quercus sp., Oak, (Nuts); Quercus variabilis, Chinese cork oak; Sabia sp.; Spondias axillaris var. polymeris => Choerospondias axillaris var. polymeris, (Nuts); Stephania dielsiana; Styrax laevigata, (Nuts); Styrax rugosa => Styrax rugosus, (Nuts); Tilia sp.; Tripterygium sp.; Wisteria sp.; Zelkova ungeri

Conifers: Abies sp., Fir, (Pollen); Cunninghamia konishii, Taiwan fir; Glyptostrobus pensilis, Chinese swamp cypress; Keteleeria davidiana; Metasequoia disticha, (Cones); Metasequoia japonica => Metasequoia occidentalis; Picea sp., Spruce, (Pollen); Picea latibracteata, (Cones); Pinus sp., Pine, (Pollen); Pinus fujii; Pinus trifolia, (Cones); Pseudolarix sp.; Sequoia sempervirens, Coast redwood; subfamily Taxodiaceae, (Pollen); Taxus sp., Yew; Tsuga sp., (Pollen)

Diatoms: Epithemia sp.; Eunotia sp.; Fragilaria sp.; Melosira sp.; Stephanodiscus sp.

Pliocene-Pleistocene

Pleistocene (2.58- 0.01Ma)

Mammals: Alces sp., Elk, (Bones); Apodemus argenteus, Small Japanese field mouse, (Bones); Apodemus speciosus, Large Japanese field mouse, (Bones); Cervus nippon, Sika deer, (Bones); Dymecodon sp., (Bones); Eothenomys andersoni, Japanese red-backed vole, (Bones); Eothenomys smithii, Smith's red-backed vole, (Bones); Euroscaptor sp., (Bones); Glirulus sp., (Bones); Lepus sp., Hare, (Bones); Macaca fuscata, Japanese macaque, (Bones); Meles sp., Badger, (Bones); Meles leucurus kuzuüensis; Microtus sp., (Bones); Miniopterus sp., Bent-winged bat, (Bones); Murina sp., Vesper bat, (Bones); Myotis sp., Mouse-eared bat, (Bones); Nipponicervus praenipponicus => Cervus praenipponicus; Nyctereutes sp., (Bones); Nyctereutes procyonoides, Raccoon dog; Palaeoloxodon naumanni, Naumann's elephant, (Bones); Panthera sp.; family Rhinolophidae, Horseshoe bat, (Bones); Rhinolophus cornutus, Little Japanese horseshoe bat, (Bones); Selenarctos thibetanus => Ursus thibetanus, Asian black bear, (��); Sinomegaceros yabei, (��); family Soricidae, Shrew, (Bones); Sus sp., Pig; family Talpidae, (Bones); Urotrichus sp., Japanese shrew mole, (Bones); Ursus arctos, Brown bear, (Bones); Ursus thibetanus, Asian black bear, (��)

Insects: family Cecidomyiidae Gall midge; family Chironomidae, Nonbiting midge; superfamily Cucujoidea?, (Larva); order Hymenoptera; Paratrechina sp.; family Scatopsidae, Minute black scavenger fly

Holocene (0.01-0 Ma)

Investigation in progress

Conifers: Araucarioxylon sp., (Trunks); Cupressioxylon sp.; Taxaceoxylon sp., (Trunks)