List of fossils in Kochi prefecture

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List of fossils in Kochi prefecture

A list of fossils reported from Kochi prefecture, Shikoku region, Shikoku island, Japan.

Photographs of outcrops and fossils in Kochi prefecture

Silurian (443.4-419.2 Ma)

Trilobites: Prantlia biloba => Latiproetus biloba

Gastropods: Semitubina sakoi

Corals: Acanthohalysites kuraokaensis => Halysites kuraokensis; Falsicatenipora shikokuensis; Favosites sp.; Favosites cf. asper; Schedohalysites kitakamiensis

Devonian (419.2-358.9 Ma)

Lycopods: Leptophloeum rhombicum

Permian (298.9-252.17 Ma)

Corals: Durhamina hasimotoi

Triassic (252.17-201.3 Ma)

Bivalves: Daonella sp.; Daonella kotoi; Oxytoma mojsisovicsi; Oxytoma zitteli; Tosapecten suzukii subsp. suzukii

Cretaceous (145.0-66.0 Ma)

Conifers: Brachyphyllum japonicum

Cycads: Cycadeoidea buchiana; Ptilophyllum pecten; Zamites buchianus

Ferns: Cladophlebis exiliformis; Onychiopsis elongata

Miocene (23.03-5.33 Ma)

Pliocene (5.33-2.58 Ma)

Bivalves: Amussiopecten praesignis; Foegia yokoyamai => Nipponoclava gigantea

Pliocene - Pleistocene

Fishes (Otoliths)

Bivalves: Anadara ferruginea; Clementia sp.; Glycymeris rotunda; Nipponoclava gigantea; superfamily Ostreoidea, Oyster; Paphia schnelliana

Gastropods: Siphonalia sp.; Onustus exutus

Annelids: class Polychaeta, Ragworm

Corals: Solitary corals

Pleistocene (2.58- 0.01Ma)

Sharks (Teeth)

Bivalves: Anadara sp.; Callista sp.; Dosinia sp.; Fulvia sp.; Glycymeris sp., Bittersweet clam; Nipponoclava gigantea; Panopea sp.; Pecten sp.; Scapharca sp. => Anadara sp.; Vasticardium sp.

Gastropods: Glossaulax sp.; Onustus exutus; Siphonalia sp.