List of prehistoric birds of Japan explained

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

Clade	Clade	Family	Genus	Species	Synonyms	Image	Age
											†Fukuipteryx	†F. prima Imai et al., 2019^[1]
		†Chupkaornis	†C. keraorum Tanaka et al., 2017^[2]

Ootaxa

• Plagioolithus fukuiensis

Cenozoic

Clade	Order	Family	Genus	Species	Synonyms	Image	Age
											†Annakacygna	†A. hajimei Matsuoka & Hasegawa, 2022^[3]
†A. yoshiiensis Matsuoka & Hasegawa, 2022
†Shiriyanetta	† Watanabe & Matsuoka, 2015^[4]
		Uria	† Watanabe, Matsuoka & Matsuoka, 2016^[5]
		Diomedea	†D. tanakai Davis, 2003^[6]
		†Copepteryx	† Olson & Hasegawa, 1996^[7]
			† Olson & Hasegawa, 1996
		†Hokkaidornis	† Sakurai, Kimura & Katoh, 2008^[8]
		†Stenornis	†S. kanmonensis Ohashi & Hasegawa, 2020^[9]
		†Empeirodytes	†E. okazakii Ohashi & Hasegawa, 2020

See also

• List of prehistoric mammals of Japan
• Spectacled cormorant

Notes and References

1. An unusual bird (Theropoda, Avialae) from the Early Cretaceous of Japan suggests complex evolutionary history of basal birds . Imai Takuya . Azuma Yoichi . 1 . . 2399-3642 . 2019 . 2 . 399 . 10.1038/s42003-019-0639-4. free . 6856171 .
2. The oldest Asian hesperornithiform from the Upper Cretaceous of Japan, and the phylogenetic reassessment of Hesperornithiformes . Tanaka Tomonori . Kobayashi Yoshitsugu . 1 . . 2018 . 16 . 8 . 689–709 . 10.1080/14772019.2017.1341960. 134930629 .
3. 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 . . 2022 . 26 . 1–30.
4. Flightless diving duck (Aves, Anatidae) from the Pleistocene of Shiriya, northeast Japan . Watanabe Junya . Matsuoka Hiroshige . . 0272-4634 . 2015 . 35 . 6 . e994745 . e994745 . 24740211 . 10.1080/02724634.2014.994745. 83689129 .
5. Two species of Uria (Aves: Alcidae) from the Pleistocene of Shiriya, northeast Japan, with description and body mass estimation of a new species . Watanabe Junya . Matsuoka Hiroshige . . . 2016 . 20 . 59–72.
6. The Oldest Record of the Genus Diomedea, Diomedea tanakai sp. nov. (Procellariiformes: Diomedeidae): an Albatross from the Miocene of Japan . Davis, Paul G. . Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo. Series C . 2003 . 29 . 39–48.
7. A new genus and two new species of gigantic Plotopteridae from Japan (Aves: Pelecaniformes) . . . . 0272-4634 . 1996 . 16 . 4 . 742–751 . 4523771 . 10.1080/02724634.1996.10011362.
8. A new penguin-like bird (Pelecaniformes:Plotopteridae) from the Late Oligocene Tokoro Formation, northeastern Hokkaido, Japan . Sakurai Kazuhiko . Kimura Masaichi . Katō Takayuki . . 2008 . 7 . 83–94.
9. New Species of Plotopteridae (Aves) from the Oligocene Ashiya Group of Northern Kyushu, Japan . Ōhashi Tomoyuki . . Paleontological Research . 2020 . 24 . 4 . 285–297 . 10.2517/2020PR005. 222136032 .