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List of fossils in Yamanashi prefecture
A list of fossils reported from Yamanashi prefecture, Koshinetsu region, Honshu island, Japan.
Photographs of outcrops and fossils in Yamanashi prefecture
- Cretaceous (145.0-66.0 Ma)
- Corals
- subclass Hexacorallia
- Calcareous algae
- Bryozoans
- Cenozoic
- Corals
- Foraminifera
- Lepidocyclina sp.
- Miogypsina sp.
- Miocene (23.03-5.33 Ma)
- Sharks
- Carcharodon megalodon => Carcharocles megalodon, (Teeth)
- Echinuses
- Astriclypeus integer
- Bivalvia
- Amussiopecten akiyamae
- Amussiopecten iitomiensis
- Anadara sp.
- family Arcidae, Ark clam
- Cardita sp.
- Chlamys sp.
- Chlamys kaneharai => Mimachlamys kaneharai
- Clementia vatheliti => Clementia papyracea
- Glycymeris sp., Bittersweet clam
- Limopsis sp.
- Megacardita panda
- Ostrea gravitesta => Magallana gigas, Pacific oyster
- Patinopecten sp.
- Pecten sp.
- family Veneridae, Venus clam
- Scaphopods
- Gastropoda
- Ancilla okawai
- Nassaria magnifica
- Neptunea modesta
- Phalium sp., Bonnet shell
- family Trochidae, Top-snail
- Barnacles
- Corals
- Plants (Leaves, Trunks)
- Foraminifera
- Lepidocyclina sp.
- Sponges
- Makiyama chitanii
- Trace fossils
- Pipe rocks
- Pliocene (5.33-2.58 Ma)
- Bivalvia
- Amussiopecten iitomiensis
- Chlamys miurensis
- Glycymeris osozawaensis
- Foraminifera
- Bulimina sp.
- Globigerina nepenthes => Globoturborotalita nepenthes
- Globorotalia menardii
- Lagena sp.
- Nodosaria sp.
- Pyrgo sp.
- Pleistocene (2.58- 0.01Ma)
- Mammals
- Palaeoloxodon naumanni, Naumann's elephant, (Molars, Bones)
- Flowering plants (Trunks)
- Alnus maximowiczii, Montane alder, (Nuts)
- Corylus sp., Hazel, (Nuts)
- Fagus sp., Beech, (Nuts)
- Juglans sieboldiana hosenjiana = Juglans mandshurica subsp. hosenjiana, (Nuts)
- Magnolia obovata, Japanese big leaf magnolia, (Seeds)
- Conifers
- Larix sp., Larch, (Cones)
- Picea sp., Spruce, (Cones)
- Picea alcokiana, (Cones)
- Picea maximowiczii, Japanese bush spruce, (Cones)
- Investigation in progress
- Bivalvia
- Glycymeris osozawaensis
- Flowering plants
- Acer sp., Maple, (Pleistocene?)
- Alnus sp., Alder, (Pleistocene?)
- Corylus heterophylla, (Pleistocene?)
- Fagus japonica, Japanese blue beech, (Pleistocene?)
- Gleditschia horridia => Gleditsia japonica, (Pleistocene?)
- Magnolia obovata, Japanese big leaf magnolia, (Pleistocene?)
- Conifers
- Picea sp., Spruce, (Trunks, Pollen)
- Picea jezoensis subsp. hondoensis, (Cones)
- Picea maximowiczii, Japanese bush spruce, (Pleistocene?)
- Picea shirasawae => Picea koyamae, Koyama's spruce, (Cones)
- Pinus sp., Pine, (Pollen)
- Pinus koraiensis, Korean pine, (Seeds)
- Thujopsis dolabrata, Hiba arborvitae, (Pleistocene?)
- Tsuga diversifolia, Northern Japanese hemlock, (Cones, Pollen)
- Foraminifera
- Dentalina sp.
- Globigerina sp.
- Orbulina sp.
- Diatoms