List of fossils in Shizuoka prefecture

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List of fossils in Shizuoka prefecture

A list of fossils reported from Shizuoka prefecture, Tokai region, Honshu island, Japan.

Photographs of outcrops and fossils in Shizuoka prefecture

Paleozoic

Fusulinids: Neoschwagerina sp.; Schwagerina sp.

Permian (298.9-252.17 Ma)

Jurassic (201.3-145.0 Ma)

Radiolarians: Eptingium cf. manfredi; Follicucullus? sp.; Nazarovella? sp. => Quadricaulis? sp.; Triassocampe coronata; Triassocampe cf. coronata

Cretaceous (145.0-66.0 Ma)

Bivalvia: Trigonia sp.

Cretaceous-Paleogene

Eocene (56.0-39.0 Ma)

Paleogene-Miocene

Stromatoporoids

Calcareous algae

Miocene (23.03-5.33 Ma)

Fishes: Izuus nakamurai

Sharks, (Teeth)

Crustaceans: Daira sp.

Bivalvia: Clementia sp.; Cultellus izumoensis; Lima sameshimai; Macoma optiva; Patinopecten sp.

Gastropoda: Bowdenatheca sp.; Clio sp.; Turbo megamiensis

Flowering plants: Fagus sp., Beech, (Leaves); Monocotyledons; Salix sp., Willow, (Leaves)

Foraminifera: Discocyclina sp.; Globigerinatella insueta; Globigerinoides sicanus => Globigerinoides sicana; Globoquadrina altispira subsp. globosa => Dentoglobigerina globosa; Lepidocyclina sp.; Miogypsina sp.; Miogypsina kotoi; Nephrolepidina sp.; Nephrolepidina japonica; Nephrolepidina angulosa; Nephrolepidina scabra => Lepidocyclina scabra; Praeorbulina glomerosa; Sphaeroidinellopsis seminulina

Sponges: Sagarites => Makiyama chitanii

Red algae: Lithophyllum nishiwadai

Trace fossils: Pipe rocks

Miocene-Pliocene

Crustaceans: Capitulum sp.; suborder Balanomorpha, Barnacle

Bivalvia: Amussiopecten praesignis; Chlamys vesiculosus => Cryptopecten vesiculosus; Lima zushiensis; superfamily Ostreoidea, Oyster; Patinopecten sp.; Pecten (Decadopecten) izuensis => Decatopecten izuensis

Foraminifera: Lepidocyclina sp.

Calcareous algae

Trace fossils

Pliocene (5.33-2.58 Ma)

Mammals: family Cervidae, Deer, (Horns); order Sirenia, Sea cow, (Bones); infraorder Cetacea, Whales (Bones)

Fishes: family Coryphaenoididae => family Macrouridae, (Otoliths); Diaphus sp., (Otoliths); family Gobiidae, (Otoliths); Hymenocephalus sp., (Otoliths); Johnius cf. amblycephalus, Bearded croaker, (Otoliths); family Sillaginidae, Smelt-whitings, (Otoliths); Uroconger sp., (Otoliths)

Sharks: Carcharhinus sp., (Teeth); Heterodontus japonicus?, Japanese bullhead shark, (Teeth)

Bivalves (Pearl): Amussiopecten iitomiensis; Amussiopecten praesignis; Anadara sp.; Anadara castellata => Anadara satowi castellata; Anadara sp. => Anadara satowi castellata?; Bathytormus foveolatus => Crenocrassatella foveolata; Callista sp.; Glycymeris sp., Bittersweet clam; Glycymeris albolineata, White-lined bittersweet; Glycymeris nakamurai; Glycymeris rotunda; Glycymeris totomiensis; Limopsis tajimae => Limopsis tokaiensis; Macoma totomiensis; Megacardita sp.; Megacardita panda; Mercenaria yokoyamai; Nipponocrassatella nana; Paphia schnelliana; Pecten sp.; Penitella sp.; Placamen sp.; Scapharca castellata => Anadara satowi castellata; Venericardia panda => Megacardita panda; Ventricolaria foveolata => Venus cassinaeformis

Scaphopoda: Dentalium sp.; Fissidentalium yokoyamai

Gastropoda: Amalda sp.; Ancila okawai => Amalda albocallosa; Babylonia sp. => Babylonia lutosa?; Babylonia elata => Babylonia lutosa; Baryspira rubiginosa albocallosa => Amalda albocallosa; Glossaulax sp.; Habesolatia nodulifera => Cancellaria nodulifera; Nassaria magnifica; Nassaria magnifgica yokoyamai; Natica sp.; Olivella spretoides; Pleuroploca trapezium, Trapezium horse conch; Polinices sagamiensis; Pristiterebra bifrons ugariensis; Siphonalia sp.; Siphonalia declivis; Siphonalia declivis biconica; Suchium mysticum => Umbonium mysticum; Suchium subsuchiense => Umbonium subsuchiense; Suchium suchiense => Umbonium suchiense; Turritella sp.; Turritella sp.?; Turritella perterebra; Umbonium sp.; Umbonium giganteum; Umbonium (Suchium) mysticum => Umbonium mysticum; Umbonium sp.?

Conifers: Metasequoia disticha, (Cones)

Sponges: Sagarites sp. => Makiyama sp.

Foraminifera: Globorotalia truncatulinoides; Sphaeroidinella dehiscens

Trace fossils: Burrows; Boring shells; Echinoids (Creeping marks)

Pleistocene (2.58- 0.01Ma)

Mammals: Anourosorex japonicus; Canis lupus, Wolf; Canis lupus subsp. hodophilax, Japanese wolf; family Cervidae, Deer, (Horns, Bones); Cervus nippon, Sika deer; Homo sapiens, (Bones); Lepus sp., Hare; Macaca fuscata, Japanese macaque; Macaca cfr. fuscata, Japanese macaque; Meles anakuma, Japanese badger; Meles leucurus kuzuuensis; Nipponicervus sp. => Cervus sp.; Nipponicervus praenipponicus => Cervus praenipponicus; Nyctereutes procyonoides, Raccoon dog; Palaeoloxodon naumanni, (Molars, Tusks, Jaw); Palaeoloxodon naumanni aomoriensis => Palaeoloxodon naumanni, (Bones); Panthera sp., (Bones); Panthera tigris, Tiger, (Bones); Putorius kuzuüensis; family Rhinolophidae, Horseshoe bat; Sinomegaceros yabei, (Bones); family Soricidae, Shrew; Sus scrofa subsp. leucomystax, Japanese boar, (Bones); family Talpidae; Ursus arctos, Brown bear, (Bones)

Birds: Spizaetus cfr. nipalensis subsp. orientalis => Nisaetus nipalensis subsp. orientalis, Mountain hawk-eagle

Reptiles: family Crocodylidae, Crocodylid; Mauremys sp.; Ocadia sinensis => Mauremys sinensis, Chinese striped-necked turtle; Tomistoma schlegelii, False gharial

Amphibians: Bufo cfr. japonicus, Japanese toad

Fishes (Scales, Otoliths): Carassius sp.; family Cyprinidae; Distoechodon sp.; Silurus sp., Japanese common catfish

Bivalvia: Acila divaricata, Divaricate nut clam; Amussiopecten praesignis; Anadara broughtonii, Bloody clam; Anadara granosa => Tegillarca granosa, Blood cockle; Anadara satowi; Anadara subcrenata => Anadara kagoshimensis; Anomia sp., Jingle shell; Azorinus abbreviatus; Barnea (Umitakea) japonica => Barnea japonica; Chlamys vesicutosus => Cryptopecten vesiculosus; Corbicula japonica, Japanese basket clam; Crassostrea gigas => Magallana gigas, Pacific oyster; Cyclina orientalis; Dendostrea paulucciae => Planostrea pestigris; Dosinia angulosa; Dosinia bilunulata; Gafrarium divaricatum, Forked venus clam; Glycymeris albolineata, White-lined bittersweet; Glycymeris nakamurai; Glycymeris rotunda; Limopsis tajimae => Limopsis tokaiensis; Macoma incongrua; Mizuhopecten tokyoensis; Ostrea sp.; Paphia schnelliana; Paphia undulata => Paratapes undulata, Undulate venus; Patinopecten tokyoensis => Mizuhopecten tokyoensis; Pecten albicans, Japanese baking scallop; Pillucina yamakawai => Liralucina plicatula; Praetextellina praetexta; Raeta sp.; Raetellops pulchellus => Raeta pulchella; Ruditapes sp.; Saccella gordonis; Tegillarca granosa, Blood cockle; Tellinimactra edentula; Theora fragilis => Theora lubrica; Theora lubrica; Ventricolaria foveolata => Venus cassinaeformis; Venus foveolata => Venus cassinaeformis; Yoldia sp.

Scaphopoda: Dentalium octangulatum, Octagonal tusk shell

Gastropoda: Babylonia sp.; Bathytoma luehdorfi; Batillaria multiformis; Batillaria zonalis; Cavolinia tridentata; Diacria trispinosa; Euclio sp. => Clio sp.; Fulgoraria concinna; Glossaulax sp.; Hindsia magnifica => Nassaria magnifica; Megalophaedusa sp.; Nassaria magnifica; Nassaria magnifgica yokoyamai; Nassarius caelatus; Nassarius castus; Niotha sp. => Nassarius sp., Nassa mud snail; Pirenella alata; Pirenella cingulata; Rapana venosa, Veined rapa whelk; Reticunassa festiva; Ringicula sp.; Siphonalia sp.; Siphonalia declivis; Siphonalia declivis biconica; Siphonalia modificata; Suchium subsuchiense => Umbonium subsuchiense; Turbo coreensis => Lunella correensis; Umbonium giganteum; Zeuxis siquijorensis => Nassarius siquijorensis Burned nassa

Flowering plants (Pollen): Castanea crenata, Japanese chestnut, (Nuts); Castanopsis sp., Chinquapin; Juglans ailanthifolia => Juglans mandshurica var. sachalinensis, Japanese walnut, (Nuts); Juglans subcordiformis => Juglans mandshurica var. cordiformis, (Nuts); Paliurus nipponicus; Quercus sp., Oak, (Nuts); Sapium sp.; Sapium sebiferum var. pleistoceaca => Triadica sebifera var. pleistoceaca, (Seeds); Styrax japonicus, Japanese snowbell, (Seeds); Trapa macropoda

Corals: Solitary corals

Foraminifera: Amphicoryna scalaris; Globigerinoides ruber; Globorotalia truncatulinoides; Orbulina universa; Rectobolivina bifrons

Trace fossils: Pipe rocks; Boring shells

Holocene (0.01-0 Ma)

Flowering plants: Alnus japonica, East asian alder, (Seeds); Aphananthe sp., (Trunks); Carpinus laxiflora, (Seeds); Castanopsis sp., Chinquapin, (Trunks, Pollen); family Gramineae => family Poaceae, Grass, (Pollen); Humulus japonicus => Humulus scandens, Wild hop, (Seeds); Juglans ailanthifolia => Juglans mandshurica var. sachalinensis, Japanese walnut, (Nuts); Mallotus japonicus, East Asian mallotus, (Seeds); Quercus sp., (Trunks); Quercus (Cyclobalanopsis), (Pollen); Scirpus sp., Club-rush, (Seeds)

Conifers: Pinus sp., Pines, (Pollen)

Investigation in progress

Echinoids: Astriclypeus integer

Bivalves: Lima konnoi; Patinopecten kanbaraensis

Flowering plants: Rosa sp., Rose, (Thorns); Fagus nathorsti, (Nuts); Fagus crenata, Japanese beech, (Leaves)

Trace fossils: Caterpillar (Wastes)