World's oldest fossil of sea lion found in Nagano Pref.

World's oldest fossil of sea lion found in Nagano Pref.

NAGANO, Japan - A fossil (in photo) discovered four years ago in a stratum 12-13 million years old in Nagano Prefecture has been found to a part of the jawbone of a sea lion, making it the world's oldest fossil of the mammal, researchers at the Shinshushinmachi Fossil Museum said June 20. The oldest fossil of a sea lion up until now has been a fossil roughly 7 million years old found in California, they said. (Kyodo)

  • Product Code
  • ILEA000019741
  • Registered date
  • 2003/6/20 00:00:00
  • Credit
  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • Media size
  • 1284 × 971 pixel
  • Resolution
  • 72 dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 304.10(KB)*
  • Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

Similar Images & Videos
    Animation figures museum in Japan

    Animation figures museum in Japan

    Photo taken on Nov. 12, 2025, shows part of a collection of animated character figures on display at the Bankyo Figure Museum in Taki, Mie Prefecture, central Japan. The museum, located inside a factory of Bankyo Pharmaceutical Co., exhibits about 40,000 items collected by company president Nobuo Matsuura.
      Animation figures museum in Japan

      Animation figures museum in Japan

      Photo taken on Nov. 12, 2025, shows part of a collection of animated character figures on display at the Bankyo Figure Museum in Taki, Mie Prefecture, central Japan. The museum, located inside a factory of Bankyo Pharmaceutical Co., exhibits about 40,000 items collected by company president Nobuo Matsuura.

        [Breaking News]Yosakoi dance at Osaka expo

        OSAKA, Japan, June 26 Kyodo - People from Kochi Prefecture perform traditional Yosakoi dance, a local summer spectacle, at the World Exposition in Osaka on June 26, 2025. (Kyodo)

          Marine parade near Osaka expo

          OSAKA, Japan, June 2 Kyodo - A marine parade is held near the Yumeshima artificial island, the venue of the World Exposition in Osaka, on May 31, 2025. Some 50 ships including sail training ship the Nippon Maru took part in the 8-kilometer cruise in Osaka Bay. (Kyodo)
            Yumeshima artificial island

            Yumeshima artificial island

            OSAKA, Japan, July 31 Kyodo - File photo taken on June 21, 2024, shows the Yumeshima artificial island, including an area (C) earmarked for the venue of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka. A project is under way to develop another area of the island into a resort complex including a casino facility, after the expo is over. (Kyodo)
              Renovated aquarium in western Japan

              Renovated aquarium in western Japan

              Photo taken May 30, 2024, shows a restaurant from which visitors can watch killer whales during a preview at Kobe Suma Sea World in Kobe, western Japan. The renovated aquarium, formerly known as Suma Aqualife Park, will open on June 1.
                Hokuriku Shinkansen Line stretches through Fukui Pref.

                Hokuriku Shinkansen Line stretches through Fukui Pref.

                Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Japan Air Self-Defense Force's Blue Impulse aerobatic team flying over Fukui, central Japan, on March 16, 2024, to celebrate the start of a shinkansen bullet train service between Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, and Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture -- a new extended route of the Hokuriku Shinkansen Line, previously linking Tokyo with Kanazawa.
                  Hokuriku Shinkansen Line stretches through Fukui Pref.

                  Hokuriku Shinkansen Line stretches through Fukui Pref.

                  Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Japan Air Self-Defense Force's Blue Impulse aerobatic team flying over JR Fukui Station in Fukui, central Japan, on March 16, 2024, to celebrate the start of a shinkansen bullet train service between Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, and Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture -- a new extended route of the Hokuriku Shinkansen Line, previously linking Tokyo with Kanazawa.
                    Hokuriku Shinkansen Line stretches through Fukui Pref.

                    Hokuriku Shinkansen Line stretches through Fukui Pref.

                    Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Japan Air Self-Defense Force's Blue Impulse aerobatic team flying over Fukui, central Japan, on March 16, 2024, to celebrate the start of a shinkansen bullet train service between Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, and Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture -- a new extended route of the Hokuriku Shinkansen Line, previously linking Tokyo with Kanazawa.

                      International conference on Osaka expo

                      OSAKA, Japan Kyodo - Attendees pose for a photo on the first day of a two-day international conference on the Osaka expo in Osaka on Nov. 14, 2023. The Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition held the meeting to provide information on the expo's pavilions for countries and international organizations planning to participate. (Kyodo)