Furusawa, Hitoshi

19 publications

Furusawa, Hitoshi; Kimura, Masaichi (detail)
1982Discovery of new species of Sirenia from the Lower Pliocene in the Sorachi River, Takikawa City, Hokkaido.
Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan 88(10): 849-852. 2 tabs. 3 figs.
—In Japanese. Reports a partial skeleton of Hydrodamalis sp.; the "new species" is not named here but is H. spissa Furusawa, 1988.
Furusawa, Hitoshi (detail)
1984Discovery of a juvenile sirenian rib from the Lower Pliocene in the Sorachi River, Takikawa City, Hokkaido.
Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan 90(5): 345-347. 4 figs. May 1984.
—In Japanese.
Shinohara, Satoshi; Kimura, Masaichi; Furusawa, Hitoshi (detail)
1985Steller's sea-cow (Hydrodamalis gigas) from the Nopporo Hills in the Ishikari Lowland, Hokkaido, Japan. In: M. Goto, M. Takahashi, M. Kimura, & H. Horikawa (eds.), Evolution and adaptation of marine vertebrates.
Assoc. Geol. Collaboration in Japan, Monogr. 30: 97-117. 1 tab. 21 figs. 4 pls. Dec. 1985.
—In Japanese; Engl. summ.
Furusawa, Hitoshi (detail)
1987[Sirenian fossils from Japan.] In: Y. Hasegawa (ed.), [Study on fossil marine mammals from Japan. (Subject of study) Studies on biostratigraphy and paleontology of Cenozoic marine mammals.]
Japan, Ministry of Education, Aid for Scientific Study, Synthetic Study A, Subject No. 61304010: 49-50. 1 tab. March 1987.
—In Japanese.
Furusawa, Hitoshi (detail)
1988A new species of hydrodamaline Sirenia from Hokkaido, Japan.
Takikawa City (Japan), Takikawa Mus. of Art & Nat. Hist.: 1-73. 4 tabs. 31 figs. 6 pls.
—Japanese transl.: Furusawa (1989). Describes Hydrodamalis spissus, n.sp. (sic; emended to H. spissa by Furusawa, 1990).
Furusawa, Hitoshi (detail)
1989[Study of the Takikawa sea cow: a message from 5 million years ago.]
Takikawa City (Japan), Takikawa Mus. of Art & Nat. Hist.: 1-81. 4 tabs. Frontisp. 33 figs. 6 pls. Mar. 31, 1989.
—Japanese transl. of Furusawa (1988), with an added frontispiece and two new figures.
Furusawa, Hitoshi; Numata Fossil Research Group (detail)
1990Discovery and significance of the Takikawa sea cow (Hydrodamalis spissa) from Numata-cho, Uryu-gun, Hokkaido, Japan.
Earth Science (Chikyu Kagaku) 44(4)(229): 224-228. 4 figs. July 1990.
—In Japanese.
Furusawa, Hitoshi (detail)
1990Scenario of the sirenian evolution in the North Pacific Ocean.
Prof. Akira Kasugai Memorial Vol.: 97-104. 4 figs. Mar. 1990.
—In Japanese.
Furusawa, Hitoshi; Maeda, Toshitsugu; Yamashita, Shigeru; Sagayama, Tsumoru; Igarashi, Yaeko; Kimura, Masaichi (detail)
1993Geologic age and paleoenvironment of marine mammal fossils from Numata-cho, Hokkaido.
Earth Science (Chikyu Kagaku) 47(2)(245): 133-145. 3 tabs. 5 figs. Mar. 1993.
—In Japanese; Engl. summ.
Furusawa, Hitoshi; Kohno, Naoki (detail)
1994Steller's sea-cow (Sirenia: Hydrodamalis gigas) from the Middle Pleistocene Mandano Formation of the Boso Peninsula, central Japan.
Fossils No. 56: 26-32. 1 tab. 4 figs. June 1994.
—In Japanese; Engl. summ.
Furusawa, Hitoshi (detail)
1994The survey and subjects of North Pacific sirenian evolution from the view point of paleobiogeography.
Monogr. Assoc. Geol. Collaboration in Japan 43: 99-110. 3 figs. July 1994.
—In Japanese; Engl. summ.
Kimura, Masaichi; Furusawa, Hitoshi; Sagayama, Tsumoru, Igarashi, Yaeko; Suzuki, Akihiko; Fukusawa, Hitoshi (detail)
1995Geologic age and paleoenvironment of fossil sirenian-bearing deposits (Kinkomanai Formation) in the Shosambetsu region of northern Hokkaido, Japan.
Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan 101(5): 345-352. 2 tabs. 5 figs. 1 pl. May 1995.
—In Japanese; Engl. summ.
Furusawa, Hitoshi; Kimura, Masaichi (detail)
1995Sirenian fossils (Hydrodamalis) from Early Pliocene of Hombetsu and Early Pleistocene of Kuromatsunai, Hokkaido.
Earth Science (Chikyu Kagaku) 49(4): 298-301. 4 figs. July 1995.
—In Japanese.
Furusawa, Hitoshi (detail)
1995Steller's sea-cow (Hydrodamalis gigas) in the Bering Island, Kamschatka.
Fossils (Pal. Soc. Japan) No. 58: 1-9. 1 tab. 6 figs. June 30, 1995.
—In Japanese; Engl. summ.
Domning, Daryl Paul; Furusawa, Hitoshi (detail)
1995Summary of taxa and distribution of Sirenia in the North Pacific Ocean.
The Island Arc 3(4): 506-512. "Dec. 1994" (publ. Nov. 1995).
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Furusawa, Hitoshi (detail)
1996New material of sirenian fossil from the upper Miocene of Numata-cho, Hokkaido, Japan.
Fossils No. 60: 1-11. 3 tabs. 10 figs. June 30, 1996.
—In Japanese; Engl. summ. Reports a partial postcranial skeleton of Dusisiren sp. from the Mashike Formation, Shintotsukawa Group.
Furusawa, Hitoshi (detail)
2004A phylogeny of the North Pacific Sirenia (Dugongidae: Hydrodamalinae) based on a comparative study of endocranial casts.
Pal. Research 8(2): 91-98. 1 tab. 4 figs. 2 appendices. June 30, 2004.
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Furusawa, Hitoshi (detail)
2005Evolution of the North Pacific Sirenia (Hydrodamalinae) and their paleoenvironment.
Fossils (Palaeontological Soc. Japan) No. 77: 29-33. 1 tab. 3 figs. Mar. 2005.
—In Japanese; Engl. summ.
Furusawa, Hitoshi (detail)
2013Consideration of the enlargement of body size in Sirenia.
Jour. Fossil Research 45(2): 55-60. 5 figs. Feb. 2013.
—In Japanese; Engl. summ. Relates the increase in body size and loss of functional teeth in the Hydrodamalinae to climatic cooling and consequent changes in marine vegetation.