Shiriya, Locality 3-1: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Aschizomys andersoni
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Ranidae
Rana nigromaculata
Rana rugosa
Rana ornativentris
Rana sp. Linnaeus 1758
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Rhacophoridae
Buergeria buergeri
Rhacophorus schlegelii
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Bufonidae
Bufo japonicus
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Hylidae
Hyla japonica
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela
Hynobiidae indet. Cope 1866
Reptilia - Caprimulgiformes - Apodidae
Apus sp. Scopoli 1777
Watanabe et al. 2018 1 specimen
Reptilia - Columbiformes - Columbidae
Columbidae indet. Illiger 1811
Watanabe et al. 2018 1 specimen
Reptilia - Podicipediformes - Podicipedidae
Podiceps sp. Latham 1787
1 specimen
Reptilia - Anseriformes - Anatidae
Anas sp. Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
    = Clangula hyemalis Linnaeus 1758
Watanabe et al. 2020
Anser sp. Linnaeus 1758
6 specimens
    = Shiriyanetta hasegawai n. gen., n. sp. Watanabe and Matsuoka 2015
Watanabe and Matsuoka 2015
Anas cf. platyrhynchos Linnaeus 1758
Watanabe et al. 2020 1 specimen
Anas magn. platyrhynchos
Histrionicus histrionicus (Linnaeus 1758)
Watanabe et al. 2020 2 specimens
Reptilia - Passeriformes
Passeriformes indet. Linnaeus 1758
Reptilia - Gaviidae
Gavia stellata (Pontoppidan 1763)
1 specimen
    = Gavia cf. stellata Pontoppidan 1763
Watanabe et al. 2020
Reptilia - Suliformes - Phalacrocoracidae
Phalacrocorax filamentosus (Temminck and Schlegel 1849)
1 specimen
    = Phalacrocorax perspicillatus Pallas 1811
Watanabe et al. 2018
Phalacrocorax pelagicus Pallas 1811
1 specimen
Reptilia - Hydrobatidae
Hydrobates ? leucorhous (Vieillot 1818)
Watanabe et al. 2020 1 specimen
Reptilia - Procellariidae
Larus sp. Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
    = Fulmarus sp. Stephens 1826
Watanabe et al. 2020
Puffinus cf. nativitatis Streets 1877
Watanabe et al. 2020 1 specimen
Puffinus griseus (Gmelin 1789)
4 specimens
recombined as Ardenna grisea
Puffinus tenuirostris (Temminck 1823)
Watanabe et al. 2020 4 specimens
recombined as Ardenna tenuirostris
Reptilia - Phasianidae
Phasianus sp. Linnaeus 1758
    = Syrmaticus sp. Wagler 1832
Watanabe et al. 2018
Coturnicini indet. Reichenbach 1848
Watanabe et al. 2018 1 specimen
Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae
Gallinago sp. Brisson 1760
Watanabe et al. 2020 1 specimen
Phalaropus lobatus (Linnaeus 1758)
Watanabe et al. 2020 2 specimens
Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Laridae
? Larinae informal indet. B Bonaparte 1831
Watanabe et al. 2020 1 specimen
Larus cf. argentatus Pontoppidan 1763
Watanabe et al. 2020 1 specimen
Larus magn. argentatus
Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Alcidae
Mancalla sp. Lucas 1901
1 specimen
    = ? Mancalla sp. Lucas 1901
Watanabe et al. 2020
Synthliboramphus antiquus (Gmelin 1789)
4 specimens
Watanabe et al. 2020 3 specimens
Uria lomvia (Linnaeus 1758)
Watanabe et al. 2016 4 specimens
Uria aalge (Pontoppidan 1763)
2 specimens
Cepphus carbo Pallas 1811
Watanabe et al. 2020 1 specimen
Cepphus columba Pallas 1811
Watanabe et al. 2020 1 specimen
Cerorhinca cf. monocerata (Pallas 1811)
2 specimens
    = Fraterculini indet. Storer 1960
Watanabe et al. 2020
Aethia cristatella (Pallas 1769)
Watanabe et al. 2020 8 specimens
Aethia pusilla (Pallas 1811)
Watanabe et al. 2020 1 specimen
Reptilia - Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
Buteo buteo (Linnaeus 1758)
1 specimen
    = Accipitridae indet. Viellot 1816
Watanabe et al. 2018
Haliaeetus cf. pelagicus (Pallas 1811)
1 specimen
    = Haliaeetus sp. Savigny 1809
Watanabe et al. 2018
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Rhinolophidae
Rhinolophus ferrumequinum (Schreber 1774)
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Palaeoloxodon naumanni Makiyama 1924
Mammalia - Carnivora - Otariidae
Eumetopias jubatus (Schreber 1776)
Zalophus californianus (Lesson 1828)
Callorhinus ursinus (Linnaeus 1758)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae
Phoca cf. largha Pallas 1811
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus arctos Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Mustela sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mustela sibirica Pallas 1773
Mustela erminea Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Canis lupus Linnaeus 1758
Vulpes vulpes (Linnaeus 1758)
Mammalia - Cetacea
Cetacea indet. Brisson 1762
Mammalia - Cervidae
Sinomegaceros yabei
Cervus yesoensis
Mammalia - Bovidae
Capricornis crispus Temminck 1845
Bison sp. Hamilton-Smith 1827
Mammalia - Talpidae
Mogera wogura Temminck 1842
Urotrichus talpoides Temminck 1841
Mammalia - Soricidae
Crocidura dsinezumi
Sorex shinto
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Clethrionomys rufocanus
synonym of Myodes
Microtus epiratticeps
Microtus montebelli
Microtus sp. Schrank 1798
Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae
Rattus norvegicus (Berkenhout 1769)
Apodemus speciosus
Apodemus argenteus
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Lamna ditropis
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Aomori
Coordinates: 41.4° North, 141.4° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:41.4° North, 141.4° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
Stage:Late/Upper Pleistocene 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Late/Upper Pleistocene
Age range of interval:0.12900 - 0.01170 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:2018-08-26 20:11:00
Access level:the public Released:2011-01-05 06:00:53
Creative Commons license:CC BY
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]
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]
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]
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]