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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)