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List of fossils in Yamaguchi prefecture
A list of fossils reported from Yamaguchi prefecture, Chugoku region, Honshu island, Japan.
Photographs of outcrops and fossils in Yamaguchi prefecture
- Carboniferous (358.9-298.9 Ma)
- Trilobites
- Cummingella sp.
- Ammonoids
- Pseudoparalegoceras kesslerense => Phaneroceras kesslerense
- Bivalves
- Gastropoda
- Mourlonia hayasakai
- Straparollus sp.
- Brachiopods
- Crinoids
- Fusulinids
- Akiyoshiella ozawai
- Eostafella sp.
- Fusulinella biconica
- Millerella yowarensis => Neomillerella yowarensis
- Parafusulina sp.
- Foraminifera
- Endothyra sp.
- Corals
- Lonsdaleoides toriyamai
- Taisyakuphyllum sp.
- Bryozoans
- Stromatoporoids
- Green algae
- Chaetetes sp.
- Red algae
- Solenopora sp.
- Carboniferous-Permian
- Ammonoids
- Trilobites
- Gastropods
- Brachiopods
- Gigantoproductus sp.
- Corals
- Lonsdaleoides sp.
- Tabulata corals
- Ferns
- Fusulinids
- Afganella sp.
- Chusenella sp.
- Colania sp.
- Fusulinella sp.
- Lepidolina sp.
- Misellina sp.
- Monodiexodina sp.
- Neoschwagerina sp.
- Parafusulina sp.
- Pseudodoliolina sp.
- Pseudofusulina sp.
- Schwagerina sp.
- Sumatrina sp.
- Triticites sp.
- Verbeekina sp.
- ???
- Crinoids
- Bryozoans
- Stromatoporoids
- Sponges (Spicules)
- Calcareous algae
- Permian (298.9-252.17 Ma)
- Ammonoids
- Scaphopods
- Gastropods
- Brachiopods
- Crinoids
- Fusulinids
- Lepidolina multiseptata shiraiwensis => Lepidolina shiraiwensis
- Neoschwagerina craticulifera
- Parafusulina kaerimizensis
- Pseudofusulina vulgaris => Chalaroschwagerina vulgaris
- Triticites simplex
- Verbeekina verbeeki
- Corals
- Yokoyamaella Tertioseptata
- Bryozoans
- Calcareous algae
- Conodonts
- Triassic (252.17-201.3 Ma)
- Reptiles, (Bones)
- Insects
- order Blattodea, Cockroach, (Wings)
- Gampsocleis sp.
- Ipsvicioides minimus, (Wings)
- Menephiloides minensis, (Wings)
- Minesedes elegans => Shurabia elegans, (Wings)
- Pedinoblatta ishidae, (Wings)
- Triassoblatta okafujii
- Bivalves
- Entomonotis sp.
- Halobia kawadai
- Minetrigonia sp.
- Minetrigonia katayamai
- Tosapecten sp.
- Brachiopods
- Lingula sp.
- Conifers
- Cycadocarpidium naitoi
- Cycadocarpidium osawae
- Minetaxites ushioi
- Podozamites distans var. osawae
- Podozamites lanceolatus
- Podozamites schenki
- Taeniopteris sp.
- Taeniopteris lanceolata
- Ginkgopsids
- Baiera lindleyana
- Ginkgoites sibirica
- Ferns
- Adiantopteris ishidae
- Camptopteris japonica
- Cladophlebis haiburnensis
- Cladophlebis raciborskii
- Dictyophyllum falcatum
- Dictyophyllum japonicum
- family Dipteridaceae, Umbrella fern
- Equisetites bracteosus => Equisetostachys bracteosus
- Equisetites takaianus
- Equisetostachys bracteosus
- Equisetostachys pedunculatus
- Neocalamites carrerei
- Neocalamites hoerensis
- Neocalamites minensis
- Todites sp.
- Mosses
- Hepaticites sp.
- Jurassic (201.3-145.0 Ma)
- Ammonoids
- Dactylioceras helianthoides
- Fontanelliceras fontanellense
- Protogrammoceras nipponicum
- Fishes
- Insects
- Cockroach, (Wings)
- Bivalves
- Cardinia toriyamai
- Inoceramus sp.
- Cycads
- order Bennettitales
- Ferns
- Equisetites endoi
- Onychiopsis elongata
- Mosses
- Conodonts
- Jurassic-Cretaceous
- Bivalves
- Astarte (Eriphyla) aff. striata => Astarte striata
- Bakevelloides (Yoshimopsis) nagatoensis => Aguilerella nagatoensis
- Corbicula sp.
- superfamily Ostreoidea, Oyster
- Cretaceous (145.0-66.0 Ma)
- Crustaceans
- Euestheria sp.
- class Ostracoda, Seed shrimp
- Insects
- order Ephemeroptera, Mayfly (Larvae)
- Gastropods
- Viviparus sp.
- Eocene (56.0-39.0 Ma)
- Mammals
- family Rhinocerotidae, Rhinoceros, (Bones)
- Reptiles
- Trionyx ubeensis
- Echinoids
- Bivalves
- Corbicula sp.
- Flowering plants
- Cinnamomum sp., (Leaves)
- Cordia sp., (Leaves)
- Cyclobalanopsis sp., (Leaves, Seeds)
- Myrica sp., (Leaves)
- Nelumbo sp.
- Sabal sp., (Leaves)
- Conifers
- Metasequoia sp., (Leaves, Cones)
- Ginkgopsids
- Ferns
- Acrostichum sp., (Leaves)
- Miocene (23.03-5.33 Ma)
- Mammals
- Whales (Bones, Skulls)
- Birds
- family Plotopteridae, (Bones)
- Reptiles
- Chelonia sp.
- Procolpochelys? susensis
- Trionyx sp.
- Cephalopods
- Aturia sp.
- Sharks (Bones)
- Carcharodon angustidens => Otodus angustidens
- Cosmopolitodus hastalis, (Teeth)
- Crustaceans
- suborder Balanomorpha
- Insects
- family Carabidae, Ground beetles, (Wings)
- Echinoids
- Echinodiscus chikuzenensis
- Bivalves
- Acesta sp.
- Anadara sp.
- Callista sp.
- Crassatella (Eucrassatella) yabei => Crassatella yabei
- Crassostrea gigas => Magallana gigas
- Dosinia (Phacosoma) chikuzenensis => Dosinia nomurai
- Dosinorbis sp. => Dosinia sp.
- Dosinorbis (Phacosoma) troscheli => Dosinia troscheli
- Glycymeris sp., Bittersweet clam
- Glycymeris cisshuensis
- Mizuhopecten kimurai
- Mytilus sp.
- Nipponocrassatella sp.
- Nitidotellina sp.
- Oyster => superfamily Ostreoidea
- Panopea sp.
- Patinopecten sp.
- Pecten sp.
- Pitar sp.
- Pitar kyushuensis
- Saxolucina sp.
- Solen sp.
- Soletellina sp. => Hiatula sp.
- Venericardia sp.
- Venus sp.
- Gastropods
- Antillophos fusiforme
- Batillaria sp.
- Phyllonotus sp.
- Euspira ashiyaensis => Euspira meisensis
- Fulgoraria sp.
- Nassarius sp., Dog whelks
- family Naticidae, Moon snails
- Turritella sp.
- Vicaryella sp.
- Flowering plants
- Alchornea sp., (Leaves)
- Diospyros sp., Persimmons, (Leaves)
- family Fabaceae, Legumes, (Leaves)
- Hydrangea sp., (Leaves)
- Machilus sp., (Leaves)
- , (Leaves)
- Mangifera sp., (Leaves)
- Quercus sp.,, Oaks, (Leaves)
- Rhamnus sp., (Leaves)
- Sapindus sp., (Leaves)
- Zelkova sp., (Leaves)
- Conifers
- Sequoia sp., (Leaves)
- Foraminifera
- Bryozoans
- Red algae
- Lithothamnium sp. => Lithophyllum sp.
- Trace fossils
- Pipe rocks
- Quaternary
- Mammals
- Felis sp.
- Panthera pardus, Leopard
- Insects
- Pleistocene (2.58- 0.01Ma)
- Mammals
- Anourosorex japonicus
- Canis lupus, Wolf
- Cervus nippon, Sika deer
- Cervus praenipponicus
- Clethrionomys rufocanus => Craseomys rufocanus, Grey red-backed vole
- Dicerorhinus nipponicus
- Myopus schisticolor, Wood lemming
- Palaeoloxodon naumanni, Naumann's elephant, (Molars)
- Palaeoloxodon namadicus aomoriensis => Palaeoloxodon naumanni, Naumann's elephant
- Panthera sp.
- Panthera youngi
- Shikamainosorex densicingulata
- Sinomegaceros yabei
- Stegodon sp.
- Stegodon orientalis, (Upper jaw)
- Ursus arctos, Brown bear
- Reptiles
- Cyclemys miyatai => Cuora miyatai
- Cyclemys akiyoshiensis => Cuora miyatai
- Bivalves
- Sinanodonta sp.
- Flowering plants
- Alnus sp., Alder, (Pollen)
- Artemisia sp., (Pollen)
- family Asteraceae, (Pollen)
- Betula sp., Birch, (Pollen)
- Corylus sp., Hazel, (Pollen)
- family Ericaceae, Heath, (Pollen)
- Platycarya sp., (Pollen)
- Conifers
- Abies sp., Fir, (Pollen)
- Picea sp., Spruce, (Pollen)
- Pinus sp., Pine, (Pollen, Cones)
- subfamily Taxodiaceae, (Pollen)
- Tsuga sp., (Pollen)
- Ferns, (Spores)
- Holocene (0.01-0 Ma)
- Bivalves
- Pharaonella sp.
- Flowering plants
- Castanopsis sieboldii, (Pollen)
- Quercus sp., (Pollen)
- Quercus (Cyclobalanopsis) sp., (Pollen)
- Conifers
- family Cupressaceae, (Stocks)
- subfamily Taxodiaceae, (Stocks)
- Pinus thunbergii, Japanese black pine, (Pollen)
- Investigation in progress
- Plants
- Dictyophyllum japonicum Yokoyama