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List of fossils in Kagoshima prefecture
A list of fossils reported from Kagoshima prefecture, Kyushu region, Kyushu island, Japan.
Photographs of outcrops and fossils in Kagoshima prefecture
- Permian-Triassic
- Fusulinids
- Triassic (252.17-201.3 Ma)
- Radiolarians
- Conodonts
- Jurassic (201.3-145.0 Ma)
- Corals
- Foraminifera
- Cretaceous (145.0-66.0 Ma)
- Ammonoids
- Gaudryceras denseplicatum (Jimbo)
- Graysonites foutaini Young
- Polyptychoceras sp.
- Turrilites oehlerti Pervinquiere
- family Nautilidae
- Echinuses
- Hemiaster? sp.
- Brachiopoda
- Bivalvia
- Cucullaea ezoensis Yabe et Nagao
- Glycymeris sp.
- Inoceramus ezoensis Yokoyama
- Inoceramus japonicus Nagao and Matsumoto
- Inoceramus orientalis nagaoi Matsumoto and Ueda
- Inoceramus cf. uwajimensis Yehara
- Myrtea angularis Tashiro
- Nucula amanoi Tashiro
- Ostrea sp.
- Parvamussium cowperi yubarensis (Yabe and Nagao)
- Pterotrigonia sp.
- Pterotrigonia (Ptilotrigonia) ogawai (Yehara)
- Pterotrigonia (? Scabrotrigonia) obsoleta Nakano
- Gastropoda
- Cerithium pyramidaeforme Nagao
- Gigantocapulus giganteus
- Turritella sp.
- Corals
- Radiolarians
- Trace fossils
- phylum Annelida
- Paleogene
- Shellfishes
- Foraminifera
- Trace fossils
- phylum Annelida
- Eocene (56.0-39.0 Ma)
- Gastropoda
- Colpospira (Acutospira) tashiroi Kotaka
- Turritella sp.
- Corals
- Balanophyllia sp.
- Dungulia sp.
- Foraminifera
- Nummulites amakusensis Yabe and Hanzawa
- Trace fossils
- Eocene-Oligocene
- Bivalvia
- Gastropoda
- Radiolarians
- Trace fossils
- phylum Annelida
- Miocene (23.03-5.33 Ma)
- Crustaceans
- Crabs
- Echinuses
- Bivalvia
- Anadara sp.
- Chlamys sp.
- Ostrea sp.
- Patinopecten tokyoensis
- Gastropoda
- Vicarya sp.
- Batillaria sp.
- Plants
- Clethra sp.
- Cunninghamia sp.
- Ulmus protojaponica Tanai et Onoe
- Liquidambar sp.
- Pliocene (5.33-2.58 Ma)
- Amphibians
- order Anura
- Fishes
- Rhinogobius sp.
- Insects
- Brachiopoda
- Bivalvia
- Gastropoda
- Plants
- Acer sp.
- Acer mono
- Akebia sp.
- Aristolochia sp.
- Betula sp.
- Carpinus sp.
- Cinnamomum camphora
- Cinnamomum tenuifolium
- Cornus sp.
- Corylopsis sp.
- Cunninghamia sp.
- Eleutherococcus sp.
- family Fabaceae
- Fagus crenata
- Lonicera sp.
- Machilus sp.
- Magnolia sp.
- Mallotus sp.
- Metasequoia sp.
- Morus sp.
- Oryza sp.
- Picrasma sp.
- Quercus sp.
- Quercus acutissima
- Rosa sp.
- Salix sp.
- Saxifraga sp.
- Styrax sp.
- Tilia japonica
- Ulmus sp.
- Zelkova serrata
- Foraminifera
- Diatoms
- Pliocene-Pleistocene
- Mammals
- family Cervidae
- Shellfishes
- Pleistocene (2.58- 0.01Ma)
- Mammals
- Cervus (Nipponicervus) praenipponicus
- Palaeoloxodon naumanni?
- Rhinoceros aff. sinensis (Owen)
- Whales (Bones)
- Reptiles
- order Testudines, (Shell)
- Fishes
- family Gobiidae
- Sardinella sp.
- Sharks (Teeth)
- Insects
- Formica sp.
- order Coleoptera
- Crustaceans
- Crabs
- order Decapoda
- suborder Balanomorpha
- Echinuses
- Echinolampas sp.
- suborder Laganina
- Brachiopoda
- Bivalvia
- Anadara sp.
- Anadara (Scapharca) hiratai (Habe)
- Anodontia stearnsiana
- Barbatia (Savignyarca) virescens (Reeve)
- Barnea (Umitakea) japonica (Yokoyama)
- Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg)
- Cyclina (Cyclina) orientalis (Sowerby)
- Dosinia sp.
- Limopsis tokaiensis Yokoyama
- Lucina stearnsiana Oyama
- Lunella coronatus coronatus
- Lunella granulate (Gmelin)
- Mabellarca hiratai
- Macoma (Psammacoma) awajiensis Sowerby
- Macoma (Pseudometis) praerupta (Salisbury)
- Mactra sp.
- Ostrea denselamellosa Lischke
- Oxyperas sp.
- Paphia sp.
- Patinopecten sp.
- Venus toreuma
- Scaphopoda
- Brachiopoda
- Batillaria zonalis Bruguiere
- Bursa (Bufonariella) ranelloides (Reeve)
- family Conidae
- Conus (Endemoconus) sp.
- Coralliophila hataii Hayasaka
- family Cypraeidae
- Mitropifex collinsoni (A. Adams)
- Nassarius sp.
- Nassarius (Zeuxis) kiiensis Kira
- Nassarius (Niotha) livescens (Philippi)
- Natica vitellus spadicea (Gmelin)
- Niotha sp.
- Oliva miniacea (R?ding)
- Proclava pfefferi (Dunker)
- Purpura (Mancinella) clavigera Kuster
- Rapana venosa (Valenciennes)
- Siphonalia sp.
- Siphonalia cassidariaeformis (Reeve)
- Thericium kobelti (Dunker)
- Turritella (Kurosioia) fascialis Menke
- Plants
- Abies sp., (Pollen)
- Cinnamomum cf. japonicum
- Cryptomeria sp., (Pollen)
- Fagus sp., (Leaves, Pollen)
- Fagus cf. crenata
- Fagus stuxbergi
- Picea sp., (Pollen)
- Pinus sp., (Pollen)
- Pinus cf. pentaphylla
- Quercus cf. salicina
- family Salicaceae
- Tsuga sp., (Pollen)
- Zelkova cf. serrata
- Corals
- Foraminifera
- Buccella frigida
- Calcareous algae
- Trace fossils
- Pipe rocks