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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
Plants
Foraminifera
Cyclammina tani
Trace fossils
Tredo sp.
Pipe rocks
Eocene-Miocene
Starfishes
class Ophiuroidea
Echinuses
Shellfishes
Plants
Equisetum sp.
Trachycarpus sp.
Oligocene (39.0-23.03 Ma)
Crustaceans
Crabs
Bivalvia
Acila nagaoi
Callista matsuraensis
Nucula hizenensis
Venericardia yoshidai
Scaphopoda
Gastropoda
Turritella karatsuensis
Oligocene-Miocene
Bivalvia
Acila sp.
Balanus sp.
Crassostrea gravitesta (Yokoyama)
Cyclina sp.
Nucula sp.
Pitar sp.
Yoldia sp.
Foraminifera
Cyclammina tani
Miocene (23.03-5.33 Ma)
Fishes
Cyprinus carpio L., (Original description was Iquius nipponicus)
Hemiculter sp.
Insects
Bibio? sp.
Callista sp.
Cyclammina tani
Glycymeris albolineata
Glycymeris cisshuensis
Lamprotula sp.
Lepiddodesma sp.
Mactra sp.
Ostrea sp.
Pitar cfr. ashiyaensis
Venericardia subnipponica
Gastropoda
Batillaria sp.
Bellamya kosasana (Ueji)
Nassa denselineata
Polinices sp.
Turritella sp.
Plants
Alangium sp.
Albizzia miokalkora, (Seeds)
Berberis sp.
Betula sp.
Cercis sp.
Elaeocarpus notoensis, (Leaves)
Gleditsia miosinensis, (Leaves)
Liquidambar sp.
Machilus ugoana, (Leaves)
Mesequoia sp.
Rosa sp.
Smilax trinervis, (Leaves)
Sophora sp.
Tilia sp.
Ulmus sp.
Calcareous algae
Diatoms
Foraminifera
Trace fossils
Pipe rocks
Pliocene (5.33-2.58 Ma)
Mammals
Stegodon sp.
Pliocene-Pleistocene
Plants
Fagus ferruginea
Liquidambar formosana
Metasequoia sp.
Phyllites bambsoides
Zelcowa keaki
Pleistocene (2.58- 0.01Ma)
Mammals
Cervus (Axis) japonicus
Cervus (Rusa) kyushuensis
Cervus (Deperetia) shimabarensis
Elephas sp.
Stegodon sp.
Stegodon orientalis
Reptiles
Clemmys sp.
Crocodyldae gen. et sp. indet.
Trionys kazusensis
Fishes
superorder Batoidea
family Salmonidae
Crustaceans
Crabs
suborder Balanomorpha
Echinuses
Brachiopoda
Pictothyris picta
Bivalvia
Anadara granosa
Anadara (Scapharca) satowi
Anomia ephippium
Chlamys yagurai
Corbicula japonica
Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg)
Ostrea denselamellosa
Volachlamys yagurai
Gastropoda
Batillaria sp.
Plants
Fagus crenata
Magnolia kobus, (Seeds)
Melia azedarachi, (Seeds)
Metasequoia sp.
Picea bicolor
Picea koribai
Picea polita
Pinus densiflora
Pterocarya cf. paliurus
Sapium sebiferum Roxb. var. pleistoceaca Miki, (Seeds)
Sieboldiana hosenjiana, (Seeds)
Stewartia monadelpha
Styrax japonica, (Seeds)
Styrax cf. microcarpha
Foraminifera
Ammonia beccarii
Pseudononion japonicum
Trace fossils
Pipe rocks