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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