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List of fossils in Kumamoto prefecture

A list of fossils reported from Kumamoto prefecture, Kyushu region, Kyushu island, Japan.

Photographs of outcrops and fossils in Kumamoto prefecture

Paleozoic
Bivalves
Shikamaia sp.
Crinoids
Fusulinds
Yabeina sp.
Silurian (443.4-419.2 Ma)
Brachiopods
Lingula sp.
Corals
Favosites sp.
Halysites sp.
Heliolites sp.
Stromatoporoids
Stromatopora sp.
Triassic (252.17-201.3 Ma)
Bivalves
Monotis sp.
Megalodon sp.
Fusulinids
Jurassic (201.3-145.0 Ma)
Gastropods
Nerinea sp.
Corals
Sponges
Calcareous algae
Cretaceous (145.0-66.0 Ma)
Dinosaurs
Carnivorous dinosarus
Herbivorous dinosarus (Bones)
suborder Theropoda
Therizinosaurus sp., (Skulls)
Reptiles
order Testudines
Sharks (Teeth)
Ammonoids
Eupachydiscus sp.
Eupachydiscus haradai
Gaudryceras sp.
Polyptychoceras sp.
Protexanites fukazawai
Nautiloids
Cymatoceras sp.
Bivalves
Acila sp.
Apiotrigonia miner => Maedagonia yabei
Apiotrigonia obliquecostata
Glycymeris amakusensis
Inoceramus amakusensis
Inoceramus (Platyceramus) higoensis => Platyceramus higoensis
Inoceramus japonicus
Nanonavis sp.
Propeamusium sp.
Pterotrigonia pustulosa
Pterotrigonia sakakurai
Trigonioides (Kumamotoa) mifunensis
Gastropods
Oligoptyxis sp.
Plants (Leaves)
Corals
Trace fossils
suborder Theropoda (Footprints)
Eocene (56.0-39.0 Ma)
Mammals
Coryphodon sp.
Bivalves
Crassatellites sp. => Crassatella sp.
Venericardia nipponica
Gastropods
Perotrochus eocenicus
Conifers
Taxodioxylon sequoianum
Foraminifera
Nummulites sp.
Miocene (23.03-5.33 Ma)
Reptiles
Ocadia tanegashimensis => Mauremys nipponica
Bivalves
Magallana gigas,/a>
Gastropods
Vicarya sp.
Pliocene (5.33-2.58 Ma)
Flowering plants
Acer pictum ssp. mono, Painted maple, (Leaves)
Actinodaphne lancifolia
Cinnamomum camphora, Camphor tree
Fagus crenata, Japanese beech, (Leaves)
Liquidambar styraciflua, (Leaves)
Quercus salicina
Quercus serrata, (Leaves)
Pliocene-Pleistocene
Flowering plants
Quercus dentata, Japanese emperor oak, (Leaves)
Conifers
Metasequoia sp.
Tsuga sp., (Leaves)
Diatoms
Pleistocene (2.58- 0.01Ma)
Bivalves
Azumapecten sp.
Patinopecten tokyoensis => Mizuhopecten tokyoensis
Brachiopods
Flowering plants
Acer sp., Maples, (Leaves, Trunks, Nuts)
Alnus sp., Alders, (Pollen)
Fagus sp., (Leaves, Trunks, Nuts)
Juglans mandshurica var. sachalinensis, Japanese walnut, (Nuts)
Trapa sp., (Seeds)
Conifers
Picea sp., Spruce, (Pollen)
Pinus sp.
family Taxodiaceae, (Pollen)
Ostracods, Seed shrimps
Foraminifera, (Floater, Bentos)