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List of fossils in Saga prefecture
A list of fossils reported from Saga prefecture, Kyushu region, Kyushu island, Japan.
Photographs of outcrops and fossils in Saga prefecture
- Eocene (56.0-39.0 Ma)
- Nautiloids
- Bivalves
- Acila sp.
- Angulus sp. => Hanleyanus vestalioides
- Cardium sp.
- Chlamys sp. => Scaeochlamys squamata, Pacific scallop
- Corbicula japonica, Japanese basket clam
- Crassatellites sp. => Crassatella sp.
- Pitar sp.
- Solen sp.
- Venericardia sp.
- Scaphopods
- Dentalium sp.
- Gastropods
- Turritella sp.
- Volutospina sp. => Athleta sp.
- Plants
- Trace fossils
- Tachypleus sp. (Creeping and crawling marks)
- Pipe rocks
- Oligocene (39.0-23.03 Ma)
- Mammals (Bones)
- Birds (Bones)
- Reptiles
- order Testudines, Turtles
- Sharks (Bones, Teeth)
- Nautiloids
- Crustaceans
- order Brachyura, Crabs (Claws)
- suborder Balanomorpha, Barnacles
- Echinoids
- Bivalves
- Acesta sp.
- Acila sp.
- Acila nagaoi
- Angulus sp. => Hanleyanus vestalioides
- Callista sp.
- Callista matsuraensis
- Cardium sp.
- Chlamys sp. => Scaeochlamys squamata, Pacific scallop
- Crassatellites sp. => Crassatella sp.
- Glycymeris sp., Bittersweet clam
- Lima sp.
- Macoma sp.
- Nucula sp.
- Nucula hizenensis
- Ostrea sp.
- Pholadomya sp.
- Pitar sp.
- Septifer sp.
- Solamen sp.
- Tapes sp.
- Venericardia sp.
- Venericardia yoshidai
- Scaphopods
- Gastropods
- Clathrus sp.
- Epitonium sp.
- Lischkeia sp.
- Siphonalia sp.
- Turritella sp.
- Turritella karatsuensis
- Flowering plants
- Trapa discoidpoda
- Trapa octotuberculate
- Conifers
- Pinus sp., Pine, (Cones)
- Brachiopods
- Corals
- Bryozoans
- Trace fossils
- Teredo sp., Shipworm
- Pipe rocks
- Miocene (23.03-5.33 Ma)
- Sharks (Teeth)
- Bivalves
- Corbicula japonica, Japanese basket clam
- Ostrea sp.
- Pitar sp.
- Gastropods
- Neverita sp.
- Siphonalia sp.
- Turritella sp.
- Vicaryella? sp.
- Flowering plants
- Fagus sp., Beech (Leaves)
- Mallotus sp., (Leaves)
- Salix sp., Willow
- Conifers
- Metasequoia sp., (Leaves)
- Sequoia sp., (Cones)