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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)
family Nautilidae
Bivalvia
Acila sp.
Angulus sp.
Cardium sp.
Chlamys sp.
Corbicula japonica
Crassatellites sp.
Pitar sp.
Solen sp.
Venericardia sp.
Scaphopoda
Dentalium sp.
Gastropoda
Turritella sp.
Volutospina sp.
Plants
Trace fossils
Pipe rocks
Creeping and crawling marks (Tachypleus sp.)
Oligocene (39.0-23.03 Ma)
Mammals (Bones)
Birds (Bones)
Reptiles
order Testudines
Sharks (Bones, Teeth)
family Nautilidae
Crustaceans
Crabus (Claws)
suborder Balanomorpha
Echinuses
Bivalvia
Acila sp.
Acila nagaoi
Angulus sp.
Asesta sp.
Callista sp.
Callista matsuraensis
Cardium sp.
Chlamys sp.
Clathrus sp.
Crassatellites sp.
Epitonium sp.
Glycymeris sp.
Lima sp.
Macoma sp.
Nucula sp.
Nucula hizenensis
Ostrea sp.
Pholadomya sp.
Pitar sp.
Septifer sp.
Siphonalia sp.
Tapes sp.
Venericardia sp.
Venericardia yoshidai
Scaphopoda
Gastropoda
Epitonium sp.
Lischkeia sp.
Solamen sp.
Turritella sp.
Turritella karatsuensis
Plants
Pinus sp., (Cones)
Trapa discoidpoda Miki
Trapa octotuberculate Miki
Brachiopoda
Corals
Bryozoans
Trace fossils
family Teredinidae
Pipe rocks
Miocene (23.03-5.33 Ma)
Sharks (Teeth)
Bivalvia
Corbicula japonica
Ostrea sp.
Pitar sp.
Siphonalia sp.
Gastropoda
Neverita sp.
Turritella sp.
Vicaryella? sp.
Plants
Fagus sp., (Leaves)
Mallotus sp., (Leaves)
Metasequoia sp., (Leaves)
Salix sp.
Sequoia sp., (Cones)