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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
- Bivalvia
- Shikamaia sp.
- Crinoids
- Fusulinds
- Neoshwagerina sp.
- Yabeina sp.
- Silurian (443.4-419.2 Ma)
- Brachiopoda
- Lingula sp.
- Corals
- Favosites sp.
- Halysites sp.
- Heliolites sp.
- Stromatoporoids
- Stromatopora sp.
- Triassic (252.17-201.3 Ma)
- Bivalvia
- Monotis sp.
- Megalodon sp.
- Fusulinids
- Jurassic (201.3-145.0 Ma)
- Gastropoda
- 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
- Cymatoceras sp.
- Eupachydiscus sp.
- Eupachydiscus haradai (Jimbo)
- Gaudryceras sp.
- Polyptychoceras sp.
- Protexanites fukazawai (Yabe and Shimizu)
- Bivalves
- Acila sp.
- Apiotrigonia miner (Yabe and Nagao)
- Apiotrigonia obliquecostata Nagao
- Glycymeris amakusensis Nagao
- Inoceramus amakusensis
- Inoceramus (Platyceramus) higoensis
- Inoceramus japonicus Nagao and Matsumoto
- Nanonavis sp.
- Propeamusium sp.
- Pterotrigonia pustulosa
- Pterotrigonia sakakurai
- Trigonioides (Kumamotoa) mifunensis Tamura
- Gastropods
- Origoptyxis sp.
Plants (Leaves)
Corals
- Trace fossils
- Footprints (suborder Theropoda)
Eocene (56.0-39.0 Ma)
- Mammals
- Coryphodon sp.
- Bivalvia
- Crassatellites sp.
- Venericardia nipponia (Yokoyama)
- Gastropoda
- Perotrochus eocinicus
- Plants
- Taxodium sequoianum Gothan
- Foraminifera
- Nummulites sp.
Miocene (23.03-5.33 Ma)
- Reptiles
- Ocadia tanegashimensis
- Bivalves
- Magallana gigas
- Gastropods
- Vicarya sp.
Pliocene (5.33-2.58 Ma)
- Plants
- Acer mono Maxim., (Leaves)
- Actinodaphne lancifolia (Seib. et Zucc) Meisn
- Cinnamomum campora (Linn.) Seibold
- Fagus crenata Blume, (Leaves)
- Liquidombar styraciflua L., (Leaves)
- Quercus salicina Blume
- Quercus serrata, (Leaves)
Pliocene-Pleistocene
- Plants
- Metasequoia sp.
- Quercus dentata, (Leaves)
- Tsuga sp., (Leaves)
Diatoms
Pleistocene (2.58- 0.01Ma)
- Bivalves
- Azumapecten sp.
- Patinopecten tokyoensis
Brachiopods
- Plants
- Acer sp., (Leaves, Trunks, Cones)
- Alnus sp., (Pollen)
- Juglans mandshurica var. sachalinensis, (Cones)
- Picea sp., (Pollen)
- Pinus sp.
- Quercus sp., (Leaves, Trunks, Cones)
- family Taxodiaceae, (Pollen)
- Trapa sp., (Seeds)
Ostracods
Foraminifera, (Floater, Bentos)