This list is of prehistoric birds and avialan dinosaurs known from the fossil record of the Japanese archipelago. For extant birds from the area, see List of birds of Japan.
Clade | Clade | Family | Genus | Species | Synonyms | Image | Age |
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Avialae | †Fukuipteryx | †F. prima Imai et al., 2019[1] |
Early Cretaceous | ||||
Hesperornithes | †Chupkaornis | †C. keraorum Tanaka et al., 2017[2] |
Late Cretaceous |
Clade | Order | Family | Genus | Species | Synonyms | Image | Age |
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Neognathae | Anseriformes | Anatidae | †Annakacygna | †A. hajimei Matsuoka & Hasegawa, 2022[3] |
Miocene | ||
†A. yoshiiensis Matsuoka & Hasegawa, 2022[3] |
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†Shiriyanetta | †S. hasegawai Watanabe & Matsuoka, 2015[4] |
Pleistocene | |||||
Charadriiformes | Alcidae | Uria | †U. onoi Watanabe, Matsuoka & Matsuoka, 2016[5] |
Middle Pleistocene | |||
Procellariiformes | Diomedeidae | Diomedea | †D. tanakai Davis, 2003[6] |
Early Miocene | |||
Suliformes | †Plotopteridae | †Copepteryx | †C. hexeris Olson & Hasegawa, 1996[7] |
Oligocene | |||
†C. titan Olson & Hasegawa, 1996[7] |
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†Hokkaidornis | †H. abashiriensis Sakurai, Kimura & Katoh, 2008[8] |
Late Oligocene | |||||
†Stenornis | †S. kanmonensis Ohashi & Hasegawa, 2020[9] |
Oligocene | |||||
†Empeirodytes | †E. okazakii Ohashi & Hasegawa, 2020[9] |