Shiriya, unknown locality: Late Pleistocene, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes - Anseriformes - Anatidae
2 specimens
20 specimens
1 specimen
Osteichthyes - Suliformes - Phalacrocoracidae
5 specimens
Osteichthyes - Procellariidae
Puffinus griseus (Gmelin 1789)
7 specimens
Puffinus tenuirostris (Temminck 1823)
5 specimens
1 specimen
Calonectris ? leucomelas (Temminck 1836)
2 specimens
Osteichthyes - Hydrobatidae
Hydrobates ? leucorhous (Vieillot 1818)
2 specimens
Osteichthyes - Podicipediformes - Podicipedidae
Podiceps sp. Latham 1787
1 specimen
Podiceps cristatus or grisegena
Osteichthyes - Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae
Scolopacidae indet. Rafinesque 1815
1 specimen
Gallinago sp. Brisson 1760
2 specimens
2 specimens
Osteichthyes - Charadriiformes - Alcidae
Cepphus carbo Pallas 1811
2 specimens
3 specimens
Aethia cristatella (Pallas 1769)
80 specimens
Aethia pusilla (Pallas 1811)
7 specimens
13 specimens
1 specimen
1 specimen
Uria aalge (Pontoppidan 1763)
1 specimen
Osteichthyes - Charadriiformes - Laridae
1 specimen
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
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:210642
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2020-06-10 23:23:25 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2020-06-10 23:23:25
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
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]