Shiriya, Locality 3-1: Late Pleistocene, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Lamna ditropis Hubbs and Follett 1947
Osteichthyes - Chiroptera - Rhinolophidae
Osteichthyes - Carnivora - Canidae
Osteichthyes - Carnivora - Phocidae
Phoca cf. largha Pallas 1811
Osteichthyes - Carnivora - Otariidae
Eumetopias jubatus (Schreber 1776)
Osteichthyes - Carnivora - Ursidae
Osteichthyes - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Mustela sibirica Pallas 1773
Osteichthyes - Cetacea
Osteichthyes - Bovidae
Bison sp. Hamilton-Smith 1827
Capricornis crispus Temminck 1845
Osteichthyes - Cervidae
Osteichthyes - Soricidae
Osteichthyes - Talpidae
Urotrichus talpoides Temminck 1841
Mogera wogura Temminck 1842
Osteichthyes - Rodentia - Muridae
Rattus norvegicus (Berkenhout 1769)
Osteichthyes - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Microtus sp. Schrank 1798
unclassified
Osteichthyes - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Osteichthyes - Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae
Watanabe et al. 2020 2 specimens
Gallinago sp. Brisson 1760
Watanabe et al. 2020 1 specimen
Osteichthyes - Charadriiformes - Laridae
Larus cf. argentatus Pontoppidan 1763
Watanabe et al. 2020 1 specimen
Larus magn. argentatus
Watanabe et al. 2020 1 specimen
Osteichthyes - Charadriiformes - Alcidae
Cepphus columba Pallas 1811
Watanabe et al. 2020 1 specimen
Cepphus carbo Pallas 1811
Watanabe et al. 2020 1 specimen
2 specimens
    = Fraterculini indet. Storer 1960
Watanabe et al. 2020
Aethia pusilla (Pallas 1811)
Watanabe et al. 2020 1 specimen
Aethia cristatella (Pallas 1769)
Watanabe et al. 2020 8 specimens
4 specimens
1 specimen
Watanabe et al. 2020
Uria aalge (Pontoppidan 1763)
2 specimens
Watanabe et al. 2020 3 specimens
Watanabe et al. 2016 4 specimens
Osteichthyes - Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
1 specimen
    = Accipitridae indet. Viellot 1816
Watanabe et al. 2018
1 specimen
    = Haliaeetus sp. Savigny 1809
Watanabe et al. 2018
Osteichthyes - Caprimulgiformes - Apodidae
Apus sp. Scopoli 1777
Watanabe et al. 2018 1 specimen
Osteichthyes - Columbiformes - Columbidae
Watanabe et al. 2018 1 specimen
Osteichthyes - Hydrobatidae
Hydrobates ? leucorhous (Vieillot 1818)
Watanabe et al. 2020 1 specimen
Osteichthyes - Procellariidae
Watanabe et al. 2020 1 specimen
1 specimen
    = Fulmarus sp. Stephens 1826
Watanabe et al. 2020
Puffinus griseus (Gmelin 1789)
4 specimens
Puffinus tenuirostris (Temminck 1823)
Watanabe et al. 2020 4 specimens
Osteichthyes - Suliformes - Phalacrocoracidae
Phalacrocorax filamentosus (Temminck and Schlegel 1849)
1 specimen
    = Phalacrocorax perspicillatus Pallas 1811
Watanabe et al. 2018
1 specimen
Osteichthyes - Gaviidae
Gavia stellata (Pontoppidan 1763)
1 specimen
    = Gavia cf. stellata Pontoppidan 1763
Watanabe et al. 2020
Osteichthyes - Podicipediformes - Podicipedidae
Podiceps sp. Latham 1787
1 specimen
Osteichthyes - Anseriformes - Anatidae
Watanabe et al. 2020 2 specimens
Watanabe et al. 2020 1 specimen
Anas magn. platyrhynchos
6 specimens
Watanabe and Matsuoka 2015
1 specimen
Watanabe et al. 2020
Osteichthyes - Passeriformes
Passeriformes indet. Linnaeus 1758
Osteichthyes - Phasianidae
Phasianus sp. Linnaeus 1758
    = Syrmaticus sp. Wagler 1832
Watanabe et al. 2018
Coturnicini indet. Reichenbach 1848
Watanabe et al. 2018 1 specimen
Osteichthyes - Temnospondyli - Urodela
Osteichthyes - Temnospondyli - Bufonidae
Osteichthyes - Temnospondyli - Hylidae
Osteichthyes - Temnospondyli - Rhacophoridae
Osteichthyes - Temnospondyli - Ranidae
Rana sp. Linnaeus 1758
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Aomori
Coordinates: 41.4° North, 141.4° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period: Quaternary Epoch: Pleistocene
Stage: Late Pleistocene 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
Key time interval: Late Pleistocene
Age range of interval: 0.129 - 0.0117 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: No direct dating is available for the fossil localities, but the occurrence of marine vertebrates and the inclusion of marine-originated sediments indicate that the fossil-bearing layers had been deposited near the past sea level (Nakajima and Kuwano 1957; Nakajima 1958; Hasegawa et al. 1988). Therefore, the localities can be correlated to certain marine terrace surfaces Loc. 1 (~45 m above sea level) and Loc. 3 (~35 m) to the Tonamigaoka surface (35–45 m; MIS 5e).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:fissure fill
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:101898
Authorizer:M. Uhen, M. Clapham Enterer:M. Uhen, M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:vertebrate
Created:2011-01-05 06:00:53 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2011-01-05 06:00:53
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
34644. Y. Hasegawa, Y. Tomida, N. Kohno, K. Ono, H. Nokariya and T. Uyeno. 1988. Quaternary vertebrates from Shiriya area, Shimokita Pininsula, northeastern Japan. Memoirs of the National Science Museum 21:17-36 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

64080 Y. Kawamura. 1991. Quaternary mammalian faunas in the Japanese Islands. The Quaternary Research 30(2):213-220 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
16986 S. Miyazaki, H. Horikawa, N. Kohno, K. Hirota, M. Kimura, Y. Hasegawa, Y. Tomida, L. G. Barnes, and C. E. Ray. 1995. Summary of the fossil record of pinnipeds of Japan, and comparisons with that from the eastern North Pacific. The Island Arc 3:361-372 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
57242 J. Watanabe and H. Matsuoka. 2015. Flightless diving duck (Aves, Anatidae) from the Pleistocene of Shiriya, northeast Japan. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 35(6):e994745 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
72594 J. Watanabe, H. Matsuoka, and Y. Hasegawa. 2016. Two species of Uria (Aves: Alcidae) from the Pleistocene of Shiriya, northeast Japan, with description and body mass estimation of a new species. Bulletin of the Gunma Museum of Natural History 20:59-72 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
66312 J. Watanabe, H. Matsuoka, and Y. Hasegawa. 2018. Pleistocene fossils from Japan show that the recently extinct Spectacled Cormorant (Phalacrocorax perspicillatus) was a relict. The Auk 135:895-907 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
66655 J. Watanabe, H. Matsuoka, and Y. Hasegawa. 2018. Pleistocene non-passeriform landbirds from Shiriya, northeast Japan. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 63:469-491 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
72694 J. Watanabe, H. Matsuoka, and Y. Hasegawa. 2020. Pleistocene seabirds from Shiriya, northeast Japan: systematics and oceanographic context. Historical Biology 32:671-729 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]