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List of fossils in Oita prefecture

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

Photographs of outcrops and fossils in Oita prefecture

Cretaceous (145.0-66.0 Ma)
Bivalvia
Inoceramus hobetsensis
Paleogene
family Nautilidae
Aturia sp.
Miocene (23.03-5.33 Ma)
family Nautilidae
Aturia minoensis Kobayashi var. b
Miocene-Pliocene
Fishes
Hemibarbus sp.
Nipponocypris sp.
Oncorhynchus masou
Oncorhynchus masou ishikawae Jordan and McGregor
Tanakia lanceolata
Plants
Acer sp., (Leaves)
Carpinus sp., (Leaves)
Celtis sp., (Leaves)
Fagus sp., (Leaves)
Juglans sp. (Nuts)
Myriophyllum spicatum
Osmanthus heterophyllus, (Leaves)
Pinus sp., (Cones)
Quercus sp., (Leaves)
Salix sp., (Leaves)
Trapa sp., (Seeds)
Zelkova sp., (Leaves)
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Pliocene-Pleistocene
Bivalvia
Acila divaricata
Lucinoma annulata
Mizuhopecten tokyoensis hokurikuensis
Myadora ikebei
Panopea japonica
Gastropoda
Inquisitor pseudoprincipalis
Pleistocene (2.58- 0.01Ma)
Mammals
Mammuthus protomammontheus
Parastegodon akashiensis
Palaeoloxodon namadicus naumanni
Stegodon orientalis
Echinuses
Bivalvia
Anadara granosa
Alvenius ojiannus
Cyclina orientalis
Dosinia japonica
Fulvia mutica
Macoma incongrua
Ostrea gigas
Patinopecten sp.
Raeta pulchella
Striarca symmetrica
Tapes (Ruditapes) japonica
Umitakea japonica
Scaphopoda
Dentalium octangulatum hexagonum
Gastropoda
Batilaria multiformis
Batilaria zonalis
Nassarius livescens
Neverita didyma
Tritia japonica
Plants
Investigation in progress
Mammals
family Rhinocerotidae
Plants
Carpinus sp.
Cinnamomum cfr. camphora Nees et Eberm
Planera ungeri Kowats
Salix sp.
Trapa macropoda Miki