List of prehistoric birds of Japan

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.

## Mesozoic

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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

### Ootaxa

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* Plagioolithus fukuiensis

## Cenozoic

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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] |  |
†Shiriyanetta | †S. hasegawai [species]
Watanabe & Matsuoka, 2015[4] |  |  | Pleistocene
Charadriiformes | Alcidae | Uria | †U. onoi [sv]
Watanabe, Matsuoka & Matsuoka, 2016[5] |  |  | Middle Pleistocene
Procellariiformes | Diomedeidae | Diomedea | †D. tanakai
Davis, 2003[6] |  |  | Early Miocene
Suliformes | †Plotopteridae | †Copepteryx | †C. hexeris [species]
Olson & Hasegawa, 1996[7] |  |  | Oligocene
†C. titan [species]
Olson & Hasegawa, 1996[7] |  |
†Hokkaidornis | †H. abashiriensis [species]
Sakurai, Kimura & Katoh, 2008[8] |  |  | Late Oligocene
†Stenornis | †S. kanmonensis
Ohashi & Hasegawa, 2020[9] |  |  | Oligocene
†Empeirodytes | †E. okazakii
Ohashi & Hasegawa, 2020[9] |  |

## See also

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fossils of Japan.

* List of prehistoric mammals of Japan
* Spectacled cormorant

## References

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1. ^ Imai Takuya; et al. (2019). "An unusual bird (Theropoda, Avialae) from the Early Cretaceous of Japan suggests complex evolutionary history of basal birds". Communications Biology. 2. doi:10.1038/s42003-019-0639-4. ISSN 2399-3642. PMC 6856171. 399.
2. ^ Tanaka Tomonori; et al. (2018). "The oldest Asian hesperornithiform from the Upper Cretaceous of Japan, and the phylogenetic reassessment of Hesperornithiformes". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 16 (8): 689–709. doi:10.1080/14772019.2017.1341960. S2CID 134930629.
3. ^ a b "Annakacygna, a new genus for two remarkable flightless swans (Aves, Anatidae, Cygnini) from the Miocene of Gunma, central Japan: With a note on the birds' food niche shift and specialization of wings for parental care actions" (PDF). Bulletin of Gunma Museum of Natural History. 26: 1–30. 2022.
4. ^ Watanabe Junya; Matsuoka Hiroshige (2015). "Flightless diving duck (Aves, Anatidae) from the Pleistocene of Shiriya, northeast Japan". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 35 (6): e994745. doi:10.1080/02724634.2014.994745. ISSN 0272-4634. JSTOR 24740211. S2CID 83689129. e994745.
5. ^ Watanabe Junya; Matsuoka Hiroshige; Hasegawa Yoshikazu (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 Gunma Museum of Natural History. 20: 59–72.
6. ^ Davis, Paul G. (2003). "The Oldest Record of the Genus Diomedea, Diomedea tanakai sp. nov. (Procellariiformes: Diomedeidae): an Albatross from the Miocene of Japan" (PDF). Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo. Series C. 29: 39–48.
7. ^ a b Olson, S.L.; Hasegawa Yoshikazu (1996). "A new genus and two new species of gigantic Plotopteridae from Japan (Aves: Pelecaniformes)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 16 (4): 742–751. doi:10.1080/02724634.1996.10011362. ISSN 0272-4634. JSTOR 4523771.
8. ^ Sakurai Kazuhiko; Kimura Masaichi; Katō Takayuki (2008). "A new penguin-like bird (Pelecaniformes:Plotopteridae) from the Late Oligocene Tokoro Formation, northeastern Hokkaido, Japan" (PDF). Oryctos. 7: 83–94.
9. ^ a b Ōhashi Tomoyuki; Hasegawa Yoshikazu (2020). "New Species of Plotopteridae (Aves) from the Oligocene Ashiya Group of Northern Kyushu, Japan". Paleontological Research. 24 (4): 285–297. doi:10.2517/2020PR005. S2CID 222136032.