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List of fossils in Okinawa prefecture
A list of fossils reported from Okinawa prefecture, Ryukyu islands, Japan.
Photographs of outcrops and fossils in Okinawa prefecture
- Paleozoic
- Radiolarians
- Permian (298.9-252.17 Ma)
- Fusulinids
- Neoschwagerina sp.
- Triassic (252.17-201.3 Ma)
- Ammonoids
- Bivalvia
- Halobia sp.
- Conodonts
- Eocene (56.0-39.0 Ma)
- Nautilus sp.
- Bivalvia
- Foraminifera
- Asterocyclina sp.
- Nummulites sp.
- Pellatispira sp.
- Calcareous algae
- Algal ball (Archeolithothamnium)
- Trace fossils
- Miocene (23.03-5.33 Ma)
- Plants
- Cinnamomum lanceolatum, (Leaves)
- Liquidambar miosinica, (Leaves)
- Foraminifera
- Lepidocyclina sp.
- Miogypsina sp.
- Trace fossils
- Miocene-Pliocene
- Mammals
- infraorder Cetacea, Whale
- Sharks
- Carcharodon megalodon, (Teeth)
- Pliocene (5.33-2.58 Ma)
- Sharks (Teeth)
- Bivalvia
- Oyster
- Pecten sp.
- Gastropods
- Echinoids
- Ostracods
- Foraminifera
- Pliocene-Pleistocene
- Mammals
- Mastodon (Mammut sp.), (Molars)
- Balaenoptera sp., (Skulls)
- Fishes (Otoliths)
- Sharks (Teeth)
- Bivalvia
- Oyster
- Parvamussium sp.
- Propeamussium sp.
- Scaphopoda
- Dentalium aprinum?
- Fissidentalium vernedei (Sowerby)
- Gastropoda
- Abyssotrophon soyoae (Okutani)
- Ancillus chinenensis
- Astralium henicus?
- Bathybembix (Ginebis) argenteonitens convexiusculus (Yokoyama)
- Clavus sp.
- Comitas sp.
- family Conidae
- family Cypraeidae
- Domiporta filaris (Linnaeus)
- Eglisia sp.
- Eucharilda sp.
- Fulgoraria delicata (Fulton)
- Granulifusus sp.
- Homalopoma sp.?
- Inquisitor sp.
- Lophiotoma indica (Ring)
- Lophioturris sp.
- Lophioturris? sp.
- Lophioturris? sp.
- Lunatia plicispira Kuroda
- Makiyamaia coreanica (Adams and Reeve)
- Maxacteon sp.
- Micantapex sp.
- Micantapex sp.
- family Naticidae
- Pisania sp.
- Pleuroploca sp.
- Thatcheria gradata (Yokoyama)
- Vexillum obeliscus
- Corals
- Solitary corals
- Foraminifera
- Anomalina? sp.
- Astacolus sp.
- Bolivina cf. chinensis LeRoy
- Bulimina striata d'Orbigny
- Buliminoides williamsonianus (Brady)
- Elphidium macellum (Fichtel&Moll)
- Glabratella australensis (Heron-Allen&Earland)
- Globigerinoides sp.
- Globorotalia sp.
- Gyroidina neosoldanii Brotzen
- Lenticulina vorter (Fichtel&Moll)
- Plectofrondicularia interrupta (Karrer)
- Quinqueloculina lamarckiana d'Orbigny
- Spiroloculina sp.
- Stilostomella lepidula Schwager
- Uvigerina hispidocostata Cu
- Wieserella auriculata (Egger)
- Plants
- Chamaecyparis sp., (Trunks)
- Cryptomeria sp., (Trunks)
- Quaternary
- Mammals
- family Cervidae, (Bones, Horns, Teeth)
- Cervus (Metacervulus) astylodon (Matsumoto)
- Dicrocerus sp.
- Homo sapiens, (Bones)
- Prionailurus bengalensis iriomotensis (Imaizumi)
- Pteropus dasymallus yayeyamae Kuroda
- Rattus rattus
- Rhinolophus cornutus cornutus (Temminck)
- Tokudaia osimensis
- Birds
- order Accipitriformes
- family Columbidae
- Corvus macrorhynchos
- Corvus corone
- Garrulus sp.
- Hypsipetes sp.
- family Passeridae
- family Picidae
- family Sturnidae
- Reptiles
- Japalura sp.
- Mauremys mutica?
- Protobothrops sp.
- Sauria suborder
- Scincella boettgeri
- Snakes
- Amphibians
- Babina holsti
- Buergeria japonica
- Fejervarya sp.
- Limnonectes namiyei
- Odorrana narina
- Pelophylax sp.
- Rana tagoi
- Rana ulma Matsui
- Pleistocene (2.58- 0.01Ma)
- Mammals
- family Cervidae, deer
- Cervus (Metacervulus) astylodon (Matsumoto), (Bones)
- Homo sapiens, (Bones)
- Prionailurus bengalensis subsp. iriomotensis
- order Rodentia, Rodent
- Sus sp., (Bones)
- Reptiles
- suborder Serpentes, snake
- Fishes (Otoliths)
- Sharks (Teeth)
- Bivalvia
- Annachlamys sp.
- Chlamys jousseaumei Bavay
- Diluvarca sp.
- Mizuhopecten sp.
- Nipponocrassatella nana (Adams and Reeve)
- Oyster
- Quidnipagus palatam Iredale
- Scaphopoda
- Gastropoda
- Architectonica perspectiva (Linnaeus)
- Fusinus sp.
- Glabriscala sp.
- Haustator sp.
- Nassarius conoidalis (Deshayes)
- Siphonalia sp.
- Xenoturris sp.
- Zeuxis castus (Gould)
- Echinuses (Needles)
- Brachiopoda
- Plants
- family Arecaceae, (Fossil impressions)
- Cryptomeria sp., (Pollen)
- Ilex sp., (Pollen)
- Liquidambar sp., (Pollen)
- Pinus sp., (Cones, Pollen)
- Pinus parviflora, (Pollen)
- Ulmus sp., (Pollen)
- Zelkova sp., (Pollen)
- Corals
- Solitary corals
- Acropora sp.
- family Faviidae
- Lobactis sp.
- Pavona sp.
- Porites sp.
- Calcareous algae
- Algal ball (Archeolithothamnium)
- Green algae
- Halimeda sp.
- Bryozoans
- Foraminifera
- Amphistegina sp.
- Baculogypsina sp.
- Calcarina sp.
- Cycloclypeus sp.
- Globigerina sp.
- Globorotalia sp.
- Lenticulina sp.
- Operculina sp.
- Orbulina sp.
- Pirgo sp.
- Holocene (0.01-0 Ma)
- Bivalvia
- Tridacna crocea Lamark
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- Corals
- Foraminifera
- Investigation in progress
- Bivalvia
- Meretrix sp.
- Nipponocrassatella sp.
- Tridacna crocea Lamark
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- Gastropoda
- Turritella sp.
- Turritella sp. (Kuroshio-kirigaidamashi)