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List of fossils in Shiga prefecture
A list of fossils reported from Shiga prefecture, Kinki region, Honshu island, Japan.
Photographs of outcrops and fossils in Shiga prefecture
- Paleozoic
- Gastropods
- Bellerophon sp.
- Brachiopods
- Crinoids
- Fusulinids
- Neoschwagerina sp.
- Parafusulina sp.
- Paraschwagerina sp.
- Pseudofusulina sp.
- Pseudoschwagerina sp.
- Yabeina sp.
- Sponges, (Spicules)
- Radiolarians
- Permian (298.9-252.17 Ma)
- Trilobites
- Echinoids, (Needles)
- Crinoids
- Bivalves
- Gastropods
- Brachiopods
- Enteletes sp.
- Spirifer sp.
- Corals
- Fusulinids
- Bryozoans
- Triassic (252.17-201.3 Ma)
- Conodonts
- Radiolarians
- Miocene (23.03-5.33 Ma)
- Mammals
- superfamily Mysticeti, (Bones)
- Crustaceans
- infraorder Brachyura, Crab, (Claws)
- Bivalves
- Acila submirabilis
- Clinocardium sp.
- Crassostrea gravitesta => Magallana gigas
- Cultellus izumoensis
- Cyclina sp.
- Cyclina japonica
- Cyclocardia sp.
- Cyclocardia siogamensis
- Dosinia sp.
- Dosinia nomurai
- Glycymeris ikebei
- Hiatula sp.
- Hiatula minoensis
- Lucinoma acutilineatum => Lucinoma acutilineata
- Nipponomarcia sp.
- superfamily Ostreoidea, Oyster
- Trapezium modiolaeforme
- Gastropods
- Ancistrolepis togariensis
- Calyptraea sp., Chinese hat snail
- Euspira meisensis
- Phos minoensis
- Proclava kaneharai => Cerithium kaneharai
- Psephaea yanagidaniensis => Fulgoraria yanagidaniensis
- Siphonalia makiyamai
- Tateiwaia yamanarii
- Turritella sp.
- Turritella sagai
- Vicarya sp.
- Vicaryella bacula => Potamides bacula
- Plants
- Trace fossils
- Pipe rocks
- Pliocene (5.33-2.58 Ma)
- Mammals
- Stegodon aurorae
- Stegodon shinshuensis => Stegodon miensis
- Birds
- Reptiles
- order Crocodilia, Crocodilian, (Teeth)
- Fishes
- Carassius sp., (Pharyngeal teeth)
- Bivalves
- Anodonta okuyamai
- Anodonta calipygos
- Cristaria sp.
- Cuneopsis gracilenta
- Lanceolaria sp.
- Oguranodonta sp. => Sinanodonta sp.
- Sinanodonta sp.
- Sinanodonta kobiwakoensis
- family Unionidae
- Gastropods
- Biwamelania multigranosa => Semisulcospira multigranosa
- Igapaludina sp.
- Semisulcospira gamoensis
- Tulotomoides japonicus
- Tulotomoides sanaguensis
- Flowering plants
- Broadleaf trees, (Leaves)
- Diatoms
- Freshwater diatoms
- Trace fossils
- Pipe rocks
- Birds, (Footprints)
- Cervus kazusensis, (Footprints)
- order Crocodilia, Crocodilian, (Footprints)
- Elaphurus davidianus, Père David's deer, (Footprints)
- Stegodon aurorae, (Footprints)
- Pliocene-Pleistocene
- Mammals
- Stegodon sugiyamai => Stegodon aurorae, (Molars)
- Pleistocene (2.58- 0.01Ma)
- Mammals
- family Cervidae, Deer, (Entire structure)
- Cervus kazusensis
- Mammuthus shigensis => Mammuthus protomammonteus
- Stegodon aurorae, (Molars, Tusks)
- Stegodon orientalis
- Insects
- family Carabidae, Ground beetle
- Bivalves
- Anodonta sp.
- Anodonta calipygos
- Corbicula sandai
- Cristaria sp.
- Cristaria plicata spatiosa
- Nodularia douglasiae biwae
- Hyriopsis sp.
- Inversiunio reinianus
- Lanceolaria sp.
- Lanceolaria sp.
- Sinanodonta kobiwakoensis
- Sinanodonta ogurae
- Unio sp.
- Gastropods
- Cipangopaludina japonica
- Heterogen sp.
- family Pleuroceridae, Pleurocerid
- Sinotaia sp.
- Tulotomoides sp.
- Tulotomoides japonicus
- Flowering plants
- Cyclocarya paliurus, Wheel wingnut, (Cones)
- Juglans cinerea var. megacinerea, (Cones)
- Menyanthes sp., (Seeds)
- Styrax sp., Snowbell tree, (Seeds)
- Trapa sp., (Seeds)
- Trapa macropoda, (Seeds)
- Conifers
- Cunninghamia konishii, Taiwan fir
- Metasequoia sp., (Stocks, Cones)
- Picea sp., Spruce, (Cones, Pollen)
- Pinus densiflora, Japanese red pine, (Cones)
- subfamily Taxodiaceae, (Pollen)
- Trace fossils
- family Cervidae, Deer, (Footprints)
- order Proboscideae, Elephant, (Footprints)
- family Gruidae, Crane, (Footprints)
- Diatoms
- Melosira solida
- Stephanodiscus carconensis
- Investigation in progress
- Mammals
- Cervus praenipponicus
- Palaeoloxodon naumanni, (Molars)