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List of fossils in Nagasaki prefecture
A list of fossils reported from Nagasaki prefecture, Kyushu region, Kyushu island, Japan.
Photographs of outcrops and fossils in Nagasaki prefecture
- Cretaceous (145.0-66.0 Ma)
- Dinosaurs
- Trachodon sp. => Anatotitan sp.
- Bivalves
- Inoceramus sp.
- Paleogene
- Bivalves
- Ostrea sp.
- Paleogene-Neogene
- Gastropods
- Philine sp.
- Flowering plants
- Acer sp., Maples
- Carex sp.
- Liquidambar formosana
- Paliurus cfr. nipponics
- Phragmites sp.
- Eocene (56.0-39.0 Ma)
- Nautiloids
- Eutrephoceras japonicum
- Bivalves
- Cardium hizenense
- Glycymeris altoumbonata
- Nucula hizenensis
- Pitar kyushuensis
- Venericardia nipponica
- Gastropods
- Athleta japonica
- Athleta nishimurai
- Orthaulax japonicus => Pseudoliva japonica
- Plants
- Foraminifera
- Cyclammina tani
- Trace fossils
- Teredo sp., Shipworms
- Pipe rocks
- Eocene-Miocene
- Starfishes
- class Ophiuroidea, Brittle star
- Echinoids
- Shellfishes
- Flowering plants
- Trachycarpus sp.
- Ferns
- Equisetum sp., Horsetail
- Oligocene (39.0-23.03 Ma)
- Crustaceans
- Crabs
- Bivalves
- Acila nagaoi
- Callista matsuraensis
- Nucula hizenensis
- Venericardia yoshidai
- Scaphopods
- Gastropods
- Turritella karatsuensis
- Oligocene-Miocene
- Crustaceans
- Balanus sp.
- Bivalves
- Acila sp.
- Crassostrea gravitesta => Magallana gigas, Pacific oyster
- Cyclina sp.
- Nucula sp.
- Pitar sp.
- Yoldia sp.
- Foraminifera
- Cyclammina tani
- Miocene (23.03-5.33 Ma)
- Fishes
- Cyprinus carpio, Common carp (Original description was Iquius nipponicus)
- Hemiculter sp.
- Insects
- Bibio? sp.
- Bivalves
- Callista sp.
- Glycymeris albolineata, White-lined bittersweet
- Glycymeris cisshuensis
- Lamprotula sp.
- Lepidodesma sp.
- Mactra sp.
- superfamily Ostreoidea, Oyster
- Pitar cfr. ashiyaensis
- Venericardia subnipponica
- Gastropods
- Batillaria sp.
- Bellamya kosasana
- Nassa denselineata => Nassarius denselineatus
- Polinices sp.
- Turritella sp.
- Flowering plants
- Alangium sp.
- Albizzia miokalkora => Albizia miokalkora, (Seeds)
- Berberis sp., Barberry
- Betula sp., Birch
- Cercis sp.
- Elaeocarpus notoensis, (Leaves)
- Gleditsia miosinensis, (Leaves)
- Liquidambar sp., Sweetgum
- Machilus ugoana, (Leaves)
- Rosa sp., Rose
- Smilax trinervis, (Leaves)
- Sophora sp.
- Tilia sp.
- Ulmus sp., Elm
- Conifers
- Metasequoia sp.
- Calcareous algae
- Diatoms
- Foraminifera
- Cyclammina tani
- Trace fossils
- Pipe rocks
- Pliocene (5.33-2.58 Ma)
- Mammals
- Stegodon sp.
- Pliocene-Pleistocene
- Flowering plants
- Fagus ferruginea => Fagus crenata, Japanese beech
- Liquidambar formosana, Formosan gum
- Phyllites bambsoides => Phyllostachys bambusoides, Madake
- Zelkova serrata, Keaki
- Conifers
- Metasequoia sp.
- Pleistocene (2.58- 0.01Ma)
- Mammals
- Cervus (Axis) japonicus => Cervus japonicus
- Cervus (Rusa) kyushuensis => Cervus kyushuensis
- Cervus (Deperetia) shimabarensis => Cervus shimabarensis
- , Indian elephant
- Stegodon sp.
- Stegodon orientalis
- Reptiles
- Clemmys sp.
- family Crocodyldae, Crocodylid
- Trionyx kazusensis
- Fishes
- family Salmonidae
- Rays
- Crustaceans
- infraorder Brachyura, Crabs
- suborder Balanomorpha, Barnacle
- Echinoids
- Brachiopods
- Pictothyris picta
- Bivalves
- Anadara granosa => Tegillarca granosa, Blood cockle
- Anadara (Scapharca) satowi => Anadara satowi
- Anomia ephippium, Saddle oyster
- Chlamys yagurai => Volachlamys yagurai
- Corbicula japonica, Japanese basket clam
- Crassostrea gigas => Magallana gigas, Pacific oyster
- Ostrea denselamellosa
- Gastropods
- Batillaria sp.
- Flowering plants
- Fagus crenata, Japanese beech
- Juglans sieboldiana subsp. hosenjiana => Juglans mandshurica subsp. hosenjiana, (Seeds)
- Magnolia kobus, Kobushi magnolia, (Seeds)
- Melia azedarach, (Seeds)
- Pterocarya cf. paliurus => Cyclocarya cf. paliurus, Wheel wingnut
- Sapium sebiferum var. pleistoceaca => Triadica sebifera var. pleistoceaca, (Seeds)
- Stewartia monadelpha
- Styrax japonicus, Japanese snowbell, (Seeds)
- Styrax cf. microcarpha => Styrax cf. microcarpa
- Conifers
- Metasequoia sp.
- Picea bicolor => Picea alcokiana
- Picea koribai
- Picea polita => Picea torano, Tigertail spruce
- Pinus densiflora, Japanese red pine
- Foraminifera
- Ammonia beccarii
- Pseudononion japonicum
- Trace fossils
- Pipe rocks