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List of fossils in Kagawa prefecture
A list of fossils reported from Kagawa prefecture, Shikoku region, Shikoku island, Japan.
Photographs of outcrops and fossils in Kagawa prefecture
- Cretaceous (145.0-66.0 Ma)
- Ammonoids
- Baculites sp.
- Didymoceras sp.
- Echinoids
- Linthia sp.
- Washitaster(?) macroholcus => Heteraster macroholcus
- Bivalves
- Inoceramus balticus => Cataoceramus balticus
- Inoceramus (Platyceramus) ezoensis => Inoceramus ezoensis
- Inoceramus regularis
- superfamily Ostreoidea, Oyster
- Pleurogrammatodon sp.
- Gastropods
- Cycads
- Trace fossils
- Archeozostera sp.
- Pipe rocks
- Oligocene (39.0-23.03 Ma)
- Bivalves
- Ruditapes sp.
- Solen sp.
- Vasticardium sp.
- Gastropods
- Glossaulax sp.
- Turritella sp.
- Flowering plants
- Fagus sp., Beech
- Myrica sp.
- Quercus sp., Oak
- Salix sp., Willow
- Conifers
- Metasequoia sp.
- Miocene (23.03-5.33 Ma)
- Sharks
- Carcharias sp.
- Carcharias obliquus => Otodus obliquus
- Isurus sp., Mako shark
- Isurus hastaris => Cosmopolitodus hastalis, Broad-tooth white shark
- Echinoids
- Linthia sp.
- Bivalves
- Acila sp.
- Anadara sp.
- Callista sp.
- Cardita sp.
- Cardita minoensis
- Cardium sp.
- Cullus sp. => Cultellus sp.
- Dosinia sp.
- Glycymeris sp., Bittersweet clam
- Glycymeris cf. crassa
- Gomphina sp.
- Isognomon sp.
- Isognomon hatai
- Limatula sp.
- Lucinoma sp.
- Ostrea sp.
- Pitar itoi
- Ruditapes sp.
- Saccella sp.
- Siratoria sp.
- Tapes nagahamaensis
- Tellinides sp.
- Thyasira sp.
- Vasticardium sp.
- Vasticardium teshimaense
- Venericardia sp.
- Venericardia (Cyclocardia) siogamensis => Cyclocardia siogamensis
- Scaphopods
- Dentalium yokoyamai => Fissidentalium yokoyamai
- Gastropods
- Astraea sp.
- Astraea furuichii
- Calyptraea sp., Chinese hat snail
- Calyptraea hataii
- Cancellaria sp.
- Cerithidea sp.
- Crepidula isimotoi
- Cryptonatica jathosotomoides => Cryptonatica andoi, Violet-mouthed moon
- Epitonium sp.
- Euspira sp.
- Euspira meisensis
- Musashia cf. yanagidaniensis => Fulgoraria cf. yanagidaniensis
- Nassarius sp., Nassa mud snail
- Neverita sp.
- Polinices sp.
- Siphoralia sp.
- Terebra sp.
- Turritella sp.
- Turritella oyasio
- Turritella cf. s-hataii => Turritella cf. shataii
- Vermetus sp.
- Flowering plant
- Alnus sp., Alder
- Cinnamomum sp.
- Cinnamomum lanceolatum
- Comptoniphyllum sp. => Comptonia sp.
- Fagus sp., Beech
- Ficus tiliaefolia => Alangium aequalifolium
- family Myricaceae
- Pterocarya sp., Wing nut
- Quercus sp., Oak
- Salix sp., Willow
- Sassafras sp.
- Conifers
- Metasequoia sp.
- Metasequoia disticha
- Pliocene-Pleistocene
- Mammals
- Palaeoloxodon naumanni, (Molars)
- Parastegodon sugiyamai => Stegodon aurorae, (Molar)
- family Cervidae, Deer
- tribe Bovini, Wild cattle
- Insects
- family Chrysomelidae, Leaf beetle, (Wings)
- Flowering plants
- Alnus sp., Alder, (Pollen)
- Carpinus sp., Hornbeam, (Pollen)
- Carya ovatocarpa
- family Compositae => family Asteraceae, (Pollen)
- Corylus sp., Hazel, (Nuts)
- Corylus heterophylla
- Corylus heterophylla var. thunbergii, Asian hazel
- Corylus sieboldiana, Asian beaked hazel
- Euryale sp.
- Fagus sp., Beech, (Pollen)
- Juglans sp., Walnut tree, (Pollen)
- Juglans megacinerea => Juglans cinerea var. megacinerea
- Nuphar sp., (Pollen)
- Persicaria sp., Smartweed, (Pollen)
- Pterocarya sp., Wing nut, (Pollen)
- Pterocarya multistriata => Cyclocarya paliurus, Wheel wingnut
- Quercus sp., Oak, (Pollen)
- Quercus rubroidea
- Rhododendron sp., (Pollen)
- Stewartia monadelpha
- Styrax japonicus, Japanese snowbell
- Tilia sp., (Pollen)
- Trapa sp., (Seeds)
- Trapa macropoda
- Zelkova sp., (Pollen)
- Conifers
- Abies sp., Fir, (Pollen)
- Cryptomeria sp., (Pollen)
- Cunninghamia sp.
- Metasequoia sp.
- Metasequoia japonica => Metasequoia occidentalis, (Cones, Pollen)
- Picea sp., Spruce, (Pollen)
- Picea koribai, (Cones)
- Picea maximowiczii, Japanese bush spruce, (Cones)
- Pinus sp., Pine, (Pollen)
- Psendotsuga sp., Douglas fir, (Pollen)
- Pseudotsuga japonica, (Cones)
- Pseudotsuga subrotunda, (Cones)
- Sequoia sp., (Leaves)
- Tsuga sp., (Pollen)
- Quaternary
- Mammals
- Cervus paleoezoensis
- Investigation in progress
- Crustaceans
- Arges parallelus