Kimura, Masaichi

30 publications

Kimura, Masaichi (detail)
1977	Discovery of desmostylian molar from Rawan conglomerate sandstone member, Honbetu-cho, Nakagawa-gun, Hokkaido. Earth Science (Chikyu Kagaku) 31(4): 167-170. 1 tab. Pl. 1. Maps. May 1977. —In Japanese.

Kimura, Masaichi; Sato, Yoshio; Goto, Hidehiko (detail)
1978	A molar of Desmostylus discovered at the Goryu section of Urahoro-cho, Tokachi-gun, Hokkaido. Earth Science (Chikyu Kagaku) 32(4): 205-207. Illus. July 1978. —In Japanese.

Kimura, Masaichi; Akiyama, Masahiko; Kumano, Sumio (detail)
1978	Additional specimens of Desmostylus molars from Kamitokushibetsu, Utanobori-cho, Hokkaido. Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan 84(10): 621-623. Oct. 1978. —In Japanese.

Kimura, Masaichi (detail)
1978	Desmostylus teeth from the Hatsune mine, Setana-gun, Hokkaido. Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan 84(9): 549-550. Sept. 1978. —In Japanese.

Kimura, Masaichi; Takaku, Kouichi (detail)
1979	A Desmostylus molar from the upper course of the Sankebetsu-kawa, Haboro-cho, Tomamae-gun, Hokkaido. Earth Science (Chikyu Kagaku) 33(4): 233-235. July 1979. —In Japanese.

Kimura, Masaichi (detail)
1981	[On the fifth desmostylian specimen from Kamitokushibetsu, Utanobori-cho, Hokkaido, and its relationship with other desmostylians from Hokkaido.] Jour. Fossil Research 13: 15-19. —In Japanese.

Kimura, Masaichi (detail)
1982a	A Desmostylus molar tooth in the fossil collection of the Hakodate City Museum, Hokkaido. Earth Science (Chikyu Kagaku) 36(6): 351-352. 1 pl. Nov. 1982. —In Japanese.

Furusawa, Hitoshi; Kimura, Masaichi (detail)
1982	Discovery 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.

Kimura, Masaichi (detail)
1982b	Sirenia. Nature and Animals 12(6): 2-6. 1 tab. 5 figs. —In Japanese.

Kimura, Masaichi; Tonosaki, Tokuji; Akamatsu, Morio; Kitagawa, Yoshio; Yoshida, Mitsuo; Kamei, Tadao (detail)
1983	Occurrences of Early-Middle Pleistocene mammalian fossils from the Nopporo Hills in the Ishikari Lowland, Hokkaido. Earth Science (Chikyu Kagaku) 37(3): 162-177. 2 tabs. 9 figs. 4 pls. May 1983. —In Japanese; Engl. summ. Reports a partial skeleton of Hydrodamalis sp. from the Shimonopporo Formation (162, 165, 167, 169, 174-175, pl. 4).

Kimura, Masaichi; Akamatsu, Morio (detail)
1984	On Desmostylus from Hobetsu-cho, Hokkaido (Part 1). Bull. Hobetsu Mus. No. 1: 11-23. 5 tabs. 6 figs. 6 pls. Mar. 1984. —In Japanese. Part 2 is Kimura (1985).

Matsui, Masaru; Yamaguchi, Shoichi; Kimura, Masaichi (detail)
1984	On the Desmostylus found from Hokkaido and Sakhalin, with stratigraphical and sedimentary environmental remarks. Monogr. Assoc. Geol. Collab. in Japan 28: 51-61. 1 tab. 5 figs. May 1984. —In Japanese; Engl. summ.

Kimura, Masaichi; Oguri, Hiroshi (detail)
1985	Largest desmostylian humerus and patella. Jour. Fossil Research 18: 11-20. 1 tab. 8 figs. 3 pls. —In Japanese; Engl. summ.

Kimura, Masaichi (detail)
1985	On Desmostylus from Hobetsu-cho, Hokkaido (Part 2). Bull. Hobetsu Mus. No. 2: 51-62. 3 tabs. 10 figs. 7 pls. Mar. 1985. —In Japanese; Engl. summ. Part 1 is Kimura & Akamatsu (1984).

Shinohara, Satoshi; Kimura, Masaichi; Furusawa, Hitoshi (detail)
1985	Steller'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.

Kimura, Masaichi; Kokubo, Hidehiko; Kumano, Sumio; Matsui, Masaru (detail)
1987	Desmostylian molar found from Shimukappu Village, Yufutsu County, Hokkaido. Earth Science (Chikyu Kagaku) 41(1): 61-64. 1 tab. 3 figs. 1 pl. Jan. 1987. —In Japanese. Describes a tooth of Desmostylus.

Furusawa, Hitoshi; Maeda, Toshitsugu; Yamashita, Shigeru; Sagayama, Tsumoru; Igarashi, Yaeko; Kimura, Masaichi (detail)
1993	Geologic 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.

Kimura, Masaichi; Furusawa, Hitoshi; Sagayama, Tsumoru, Igarashi, Yaeko; Suzuki, Akihiko; Fukusawa, Hitoshi (detail)
1995	Geologic 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)
1995	Sirenian 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.

Kimura, Masaichi (detail)
1998	[Ancient times of Hokkaido: pleasure of fossil museum.] 1-198. Illus. —In Japanese. Pop. acc. of the geology and paleontology of Hokkaido, including sirs. and desmostylians.

Kimura, Masaichi; Yahata, Masahiro; Sawamura, Hiroshi; Segawa, Isao; Suzuki, Akihiko; Muraishi, Yasushi (detail)
1998	The vertebrate fossils and their horizon from Akan-cho, eastern Hokkaido, Japan. Earth Science (Chikyu Kagaku) 52(1): 44-50. 1 tab. 3 figs. 1 pl. Jan. 1998. —In Japanese. Repr.: Research report on Akan vertebrate fossils (first report), Akan City Board of Education, Akan Vertebrate Fossil Study Group, March 2000, pp. 14-20.

Kimura, Masaichi (detail)
2000	... In: [Research report on Akan vertebrate fossils (first report).] Akan City (Japan), Akan City Board of Education, Akan Vertebrate Fossil Study Group, 2000. March 29, 2000. —

Inuzuka, Norihisa; Kimura, Masaichi; Kohno, Naoki; Sawamura, Hiroshi (eds.) (detail)

2000

Evolution of Desmostylia: incorporating the Proceeding[s] of the Desmostylian Symposium of the Fossil Research Society of Japan 16th Annual Meeting held at the Ashoro Museum of Paleontology, Hokkaido, Japan, 22-23 August 1998.
Bull. Ashoro Mus. Pal. No. 1: 1-172. Mar. 29, 2000.
—Includes a Preface by the editors (p. 7), and 12 papers, 11 of which are listed in this bibliography under their authors: Inuzuka (2), Ogasawara, Yahata & Kimura, Yahata, Igarashi et al., Taru, Kohno, Uno, Yamazaki & Umeda, and Yamazaki & Ikeuchi. Another paper, by Akihiko Suzuki (pp. 57-66), is on Miocene molluscan faunas and mentions desmostylians only in fig. 2.

Igarashi, Yaeko; Yahata, Masahiro; Kimura, Masaichi (detail)
2000	Fossil pollen stratigraphy of Miocene Tonokita Formation, Akan-cho, east Hokkaido. In: Inuzuka et al. (eds.), Evolution of Desmostylia ... (q.v.). Bull. Ashoro Mus. Pal. No. 1: 85-90. 1 tab. 6 figs. Mar. 29, 2000. —In Japanese; Engl. summ. Repr.: Research report on Akan vertebrate fossils (first report), Akan City Board of Education, Akan Vertebrate Fossil Study Group, 2000, pp. 31-36.

Yahata, Masahiro; Kimura, Masaichi (detail)
2000	Modes of occurrence of desmostylian fossils in Hokkaido and Sakhalin, northwestern Pacific Ocean. In: Inuzuka et al. (eds.), Evolution of Desmostylia ... (q.v.). Bull. Ashoro Mus. Pal. No. 1: 35-56. 4 tabs. 4 figs. + 12 figs. in 2 appendices. Mar. 29, 2000. —In Japanese; Engl. summ.

Yoshida, Sachiyo; Kimura, Masaichi (detail)
2002	[Chap. 3: Description and classification of desmostylian specimens from the second discovery site (third expedition) in 1998.] In: [Research report on Akan vertebrate fossils (second report).] Akan City (Japan), Akan City Board of Education, Akan Vertebrate Fossil Study Group: 29-53. 6 tabs. 24 figs. 4 pls. Mar. 2002. —In Japanese.

Watanabe, Masayo; Kimura, Masaichi (detail)
2002	[Chap. 4: Description and classification of desmostylian fossils from the second locality, 1999-2000 (fourth and fifth expeditions).] In: [Research report on Akan vertebrate fossils (second report).] Akan City (Japan), Akan City Board of Education, Akan Vertebrate Fossil Study Group: 54-75. 8 tabs. 22 figs. 5 pls. Mar. 2002. —In Japanese.

Kimura, Masaichi (detail)
2002	[Chap. 5. Summary of the second locality.] In: [Research report on Akan vertebrate fossils (second report).] Akan City (Japan), Akan City Board of Education, Akan Vertebrate Fossil Study Group: 76-78. 2 tabs. 2 figs. Mar. 2002. —In Japanese.

Sato, Aya; Kimura, Masaichi (detail)
2002	[Chap. 6: Description and classification of desmostylian specimens from the first discovery site in 1998.] In: [Research report on Akan vertebrate fossils (second report).] Akan City (Japan), Akan City Board of Education, Akan Vertebrate Fossil Study Group: 79-106. 2 tabs. 28 figs. 6 pls. Mar. 2002. —In Japanese.

Uno, Hikaru; Kimura, Masaichi (detail)
2004	Reinterpretation of some cranial structures of Desmostylus hesperus (Mammalia: Desmostylia): a new specimen from the Middle Miocene Tachikaraushinai Formation, Hokkaido, Japan. Pal. Research 8(1): 1-10. 2 tabs. 9 figs. Apr. 30, 2004. —Describes a new juvenile skull from the Utanobori locality, and discusses the proper identification of the external acoustic meatus.