Shiriya, Locality 3-2: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Rhinolophidae
Rhinolophus ferrumequinum (Schreber 1774)
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Murina silvatica
Plecotus auritus (Linnaeus 1758)
Myotis sp. Kaup 1829
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
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Nyctereutes procyonoides (Gray 1834)
Canis lupus Linnaeus 1758
Vulpes vulpes (Linnaeus 1758)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Panthera tigris (Linnaeus 1758)
Mammalia - Cetacea
Cetacea indet. Brisson 1762
Mammalia - Cervidae
Sinomegaceros yabei
Cervus yesoensis
Mammalia - Talpidae
Mogera wogura Temminck 1842
Urotrichus talpoides Temminck 1841
Dymecodon pilirostris True 1886
Mammalia - Soricidae
Crocidura dsinezumi
Sorex shinto
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
cf. Lepus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Clethrionomys rufocanus
synonym of Myodes
Microtus montebelli
Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae
Apodemus speciosus
Apodemus argenteus
Mammalia - Rodentia - Gliridae
Glirulus japonicus Schinz 1845
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Pteromys sp. Cuvier 1800
Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae
Macaca fuscata (Blyth 1875)
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:101899
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:vertebrate
Created:2011-01-05 06:09:26 Last modified:2018-08-26 20:11:13
Access level:the public Released:2011-01-05 06:09:26
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]