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Hokkaidornis fossil map

Where fossils of Hokkaidornis have been found, shown on the Earth as it looked about 30 million years ago and on today’s map.

Dots are fossil collections recorded in the Paleobiology Database. The “then” view moves today’s fossil sites back to their positions 30 million years ago (the time slice nearest the median age of the fossils) using the Merdith et al. (2021) plate model; positions are approximate. Open on the timeline map →

Hokkaidornis
Image: Tatsuro Ando and Keisaku Fukata, with the technical help of Tatsuya Shinmura for the reconstruction of the triosseal can, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
GroupPrehistoric birds
Lived27.3–23.04 million years ago (Chattian)
PeriodsPaleogene
FamilyPlotopteridae
Named bySakurai et al. 2008
Fossil records1 occurrences at 1 locations (PBDB)
Found inJapan
Rock formationsTokoro

About Hokkaidornis

Hokkaidornis is an extinct genus of penguin-like plotopterid from the Late Oligocene of Hokkaido, Japan.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Hokkaidornis (revision 1306518922), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; introduction excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Ages, family, authority and fossil records: Paleobiology Database, accessed 23 October 2026. Ages are those of the rock layers the fossils were found in. Wikidata: Q5878136.

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