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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)