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Awards


PSJ Award (Yokoyama Medal): for lifetime achievement in the field of paleontology

FY Laureate Affiliation  
2012 Tomoki Kase National Museum of Nature and Science  
2009 Hiroshi Kitazato JAMSTEC  
  Kazushige Tanabe The University of Tokyo  
2007 Noriyuki Ikeya Sizuoka University  
2002 Hisayoshi Igo University of Tsukuba  
2001 Kiyotaka Chinzei Kyoto University  
  Tsunemasa Saito Tohoku University  
2000 Tetsuro Hanai The University of Tokyo  
  Yokichi Takayanagi Tohoku University  
1997 Itaru Hayami The University of Tokyo  

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PSJ Academic Award (Gakujutsu Award): for distinguished academic achievements in the field of paleontology

FY Recipient Affiliation Contribution
2015 Shinichi Sano Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum Taxonomy and paleoecology of rudist bivalves
2015 Yoshitsugu Kobayashi Hokkaido University Paleobiology of dinosaurs
2015 Takuya Itaki National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology Paleoeceanography based on Quaternary radiolarians
2014 Toshifumi Komatsu
Kumamoto University
Mesozoic mollusk paleoecology
2014 Itsuki Suto Nagoya University
Micropaleontology of diatom resting spores
2013 Takenori Sasaki
The University of Tokyo
Paleobiology of the Mollusca
2012 Yasunari Shigeta National Museum of Nature and Science Taxonomy and biostratigraphy of cochleate cephalopods
  Gengo Tanaka JAMSTEC Functional morphology of the Ostracoda
  Takashi Matsubara Museum of Nature and Human Activities, Hyogo Taxonomy and biogeography of the Cenozoic mollusks
2011 Tamaki Sato Tokyo Gakugei University Paleobiology of the Sauropterygia
  Noritoshi Suzuki Tohoku University Taxonomy of the Radiolaria
  Masakazu Nara Kochi University Paleoecology of shallow-water ichnofossils
2010 Takami Nobuhara Shizuoka University Paleoecology of the Cenozoic mollusks
2009 Takashi Hasegawa Kanazawa University Paleoclimatology and stratigraphy of the Cretaceous Period
  Ren Hirayama Waseda University Paleobiology of turtles
  Naoki Kohno National Science Museum Paleobiology of marine mammals
2008 Masanaru Takai Kyoto University Paleobiology of primates
  Katsumi Ueno Fukuoka University Paleobiology of Paleozoic folaminifers and structural geology of East Asia
2007 Makoto Manabe National Science Museum Paleobiology of Mesozoic reptiles
2006 Hiroshi Kurita Niigata University Biostratigraphy of Cenozoic dinoflagellates
  Toshiaki Irizuki Shimane University Paleobiology of Cenozoic ostracods
2005 Akihisa Kitamura Shizuoka University Response of molluscan assembledges to the environmental changes during the late Cenozoic
  Kazuyoshi Endo The University of Tokyo Molecular biology and biomineralogy of invertebrates
2004 Takao Ubukata Shizuoka University Theoretical morphology of bivalves
  Ryosuke Motani University of California, Davis Paleobiology of ichthyosaurs
  Takahiro Kamiya Kanazawa University Paleobiology of ostracods
2003 Hiroaki Karasawa Mizunami Fossil Museum Taxonomy of crustaceans
  Akira Tsukagoshi Shizuoka University Evolutionary paleobiology of ostracods
  Hiroshi Nishi Kyushu University Paleoceanography based on planktonic foraminifers
2002 Haruhumi Nishida Chuo University Morphological and phylogenetic study of permineralized fossil plants
2001 Yasuo Kondo Kochi University Evolutionary paleoecology of bivalves
  Nobuhiro Kotake Chiba University Paleoecology of ichnofossils
2000 Yoichi Ezaki Osaka City University Paleobiology on the origin and evolution of hexacorals
  Ritsuo Nomura Shimane University Taxonomy of benthic foraminifers based on shell wall structures
  Katsuo Sashida University of Tsukuba Paleobiology of Paleozoic and Mesozoic radiolarians
1999 Satoshi Chiba Tohoku University Evolutionary paleobiology of terrestrial mollusks
  Kazutaka Amano Joetsu University of Education Taxonomy and paleobiogeography of Cenozoic boreal mollusks
  Yukio Yanagisawa Geological Survey of Japan Morphological and biostratigraphic study of diatoms
1998 Tatsuo Oji The University of Tokyo Natural history of stalked crinoids
1997 Haruyoshi Maeda Kyoto University Taxonomy and paleoecology of ammonoids
  Atsushi Matsuoka Niigata University Biostratigraphy and paleoecology of radiolarians
1996 Masaki Matsukawa Tokyo Gakugei University Paleontology of Cretaceous terrestrial system
1995 Ryuichi Majima Yokohama National University Paleobiology of Japanese Cenozoic mollusks

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PSJ Best Article Award: for remarkable article(s) of the fiscal year published in the Paleontological Research

FY Recipient(s) Article Title Citation
2014 Kitamura, A., Kobayashi, K., Tamaki, C., Yamamoto, N., Irino, T., Miyairi, Y. and Yokoyama, Y. Evidence of recent warming in the Okinawa region, subtropical northwestern Pacific, from an oxygen isotope record of a cave-dewelling marine micro-bivalve Paleontological Research vol. 17, pp. 58–68.

Legrand, J., Pons, D., Terada, K., Yabe, A. and Nishida, H.
Lower Cretaceous (upper Barremian-lower Aptian?) palynoflora from the Kitadani Formation (Tetori Group, Inner Zone of central Japan) Paleontological Research vol. 17, pp. 201–229.

Murakami, M., Shimada, C., Hikida, Y. and Hirano, H. Asymmetrical basal delphinoid skull from the upper lower Miocene Yamato Formation of Hokkaido, northern Japan: implications on evolution of cranial asymmetry and symmetry in Odontoceti Paleontological Research vol.18, pp. 134–149.
2013 Iwatani, H., Irizuki, T., and Goto, T. Temporal changes of Plio–Pleistocene ostracoda from the Takanabe Formation, Miyazaki Group, southwest Japan Paleontological Research vol.15, pp. 269–289. 

Sato, K., Nakashima, R., Majima, R., Watanabe, H., and Sasaki, T. Shell microstructures of five recent solemyids from Japan (Mollusca:
Bivalvia).
Paleontological Research vol.17, pp.69–90.


Kawabe, S., Shimokawa, T., Miki, H., Okamoto, T., Matsuda, S., Itou, T.,
Koie, H., Kitagawa, M., Sakai, T., Hosojima, M., and Endo, H.
Relationship between brain volume and brain width in mammals and birds.
Paleontological Research vol.17, pp. 282–293. 
2012 Nishida, K., Nakashima, R., Majima, R., Hikida, Y. Ontogenetic changes in shell microstructures in the cold seep-associated bivalve, Conchocele bisecta (Bivalvia: Thyasiridae) Paleontological Research vol.15, pp. 193-212. 

Sentoku, A., Ezaki, Y. Regularity in budding mode and resultant growth morphology of the azooxanthellate colonial scleractinian Cyathelia axillaris: effective and adaptive ways of utilizing habitat resources. Paleontological Research vol.16, pp. 252-259. 
2011 Isaji, S. Terrestrial and freshwater pulmonate gastropods from the Early Cretaceous Kuwajima Formation, Tetori Group, Japan. 
Paleontological Research vol.14, pp. 233–243. 

Sano, H., Kuwahara, K., Yao, A., Agematsu, S. Panthalassan seamount-associated Permian-Triassic boundary siliceous rocks, Mino terrane, central Japan.
Paleontological Research vol.14, pp. 293–314. 

Tomita, T. Mouth-size estimation of a primitive lamniform shark, Protolamna: low trophic position in lamniform shark origin.
Paleontological Research vol.15, pp. 68–76. 
2010 Sato, T., Cheng Yen-Nien, Wu Xiao-Chun,Li Chun Osteology of Yunguisaurus Cheng et al., 2006 (Reptilia: Sauropterygia), a Triassic pistosauroid from China Paleontological Research vol.14, no.3, pp.179-195. 
2009 Takumi Tsujino, Haruyoshi Maeda and Yoko Maeda Taphonomic processes in diatomaceous laminites of the Pleistocene Shiobara Group (caldera-fil, lacustrine), Northeatern Japan Paleontological Research vol.13, no.3, pp.213-229.
  Shinnosuke Yamada Dietmar Keyser : Cuticle formation of the adductor muscle attachment in a podocopid ostracod, as an example of a calcified arthropod Paleontological Research vol.13, no.2, pp.103-118.
2008 Takuma Bannno Ecologicl and taphonomic significance of spatangoid spines: relationship between mode of occurrence and water temperature Paleontological Research vol.12, no.2, pp.145-157.
  Chiyomi Yamakawa, Arata Momohara, Tomoo Nunoya and Midori Matsumoto Paleovegetation reconstruction of fossil forests dominated by Metasequoia and Glyptostrobus from the late Pliocene Kobiwako Group, central Japan Paleontological Research vol.12, no.2, pp.167-180
2007 Yuta Shiino and Yutaro Suzuki Articulatory and musculatory systems in a Permian concavoconvex brachiopod Waagenoconcha imperfecta Prendergast, 1935 (Productida, Brachiopoda) Paleontological Research vol.11, no.3, pp.265-275.
  Tomomi Sato and Takahiro Kamiya Taxonomy and geographical distribution of recent Xestoleberis species (Cytheroidea, Ostracoda, Crustacea) from Japan Paleontological Research vol.11, no.2, pp.183-227.
2006 Chieko Shimada and Yoshihiro Tanimura Spatial variability in valve morphology of Neodenticulata seminae, an oceanic diatom in subarctic North Pacific and the Bering Sea Paleontological Research vol.10, no.1, pp.79-89.
  Yasuhiro Ito Functional shell morphology in early developmental stages of a boring bivalve Zirfaea subconstricta (Pholadidae) Paleontological Research vol.9, no.2, pp.189-202.
  Katsuhiro Kubota Charophyte gyrogonites from the Lower Cretaceous Kitadani Formation of the Tetori Group in the Takinamigawa area, Katsuyama City, Fukui Prefecture, central Japan Paleontological Research vol.9, no.2, pp.203-213.
2005 Takeshi Fuchigami and Taketoshi Sasaki The shell structure of the Recent Patellogastropoda (Mollusca: Gastropoda) Paleontological Research vol.9, no.2, pp.143-168.
2004 Makiko Ishikawa, Tomoki Kase, Hidekazu Tutsui and Bunji Tojo Snails versus hermit crabs: a new interpretation on shellpeeling predation in fossil gastropod assemblages Paleontological Research vol.8, no.2, pp.99-108.
  Itsuki Suto Fossil marine diatom resting spore morpho-genus Gemellodiscus gen. nov. in the North Pacific and Norwegian Sea Paleontological Research vol.8, no.4, pp.255-282.
  Yoshinori Hikida, Seiichi Suzuki, Yoshihiro Togo and Aki Ijiri An exceptionally well-preserved fossil seep community from the Cretaceous Yezo Group in the Nakagawa Area, Hokkaido, nothern Japan Paleontological Research vol.7, no.4, pp.329-342.
2003 Gengo Tanaka and Noriyuki Iketani Migration and speciation of the Loxoconcha japonica species group (Ostracoda) in East Asia Paleontological Research vol.6, no.3, pp.265-284.
  Tomomi Kitazaki and Ryuichi Majima A slope to outer-shelf cold-seep assemblage in the Plio-Pleistocene Kazusa Group, Pacific side of central Japan Paleontological Research vol.7, no.4, pp.279-296.
2002 Yutaro Suzuki Systematic position and palaeoecology of a cavity-dwelling trilobite, Ityophorus undulatus Warburg, 1925, from the Upper Ordovician Boda Limestone, Sweden Paleontological Research vol.6, no.1, pp.73-83.
  Norihiko Itakura Taphonomy of the bivalve assemblages in the upper part of the Paleogene Ashiya Group, southwestern Japan Paleontological Research vol.6, no.1, pp.101-120.
2001 Michiko Saito and Kazuyoshi Endo Molecular phylogeny and morphological evolution of laqueoid brachiopods Paleontological Research vol.5, no.2, pp.87-100.
2000 Hiroshi Kitazato, Masashi Tsuchiya and Kenji Takahara Recognition of breeding population in foraminifera: an example using the genus Glabratella Paleontological Research vol.4, no.1, pp.1-15.
  Taku Hasegawa and Takayuki Hatsugai Carbon-isotope stratigraphy and its chronostrographic significance for the Cretaceous Yezo Group, Kotanbetsu area, Hokkaido, Japan Paleontological Research vol.4, no.2, pp.95-105.
  Yasunori Kano and Tomoki Kase Taxonomic revision of Pisulina (Gastropoda: Neritopsina) from submarine caves in the tropical Indo-Pacific Paleontological Research vol.4, no.2, pp.107-129.
1999 Bunji Tojo and Fujio Masuda Tidal growth patterns and growth curves of the Miocene potamidid gastropod Vicarya yokoyamai Paleontological Research vol.3, no.3, pp.193-201.
1998 Yoshihiro Mizuno Conodont faunas across the Mid-Carboniferous boundary in the Hina Limestone, Southwest Japan Paleontological Research vol.1, no.4, pp.237-259.
  Kazuhiro Sugiyama and Roger O. Anderson The fine structures of some living Spyrida (Nassellaria, Radiolaria) and their implications for nessellarian classification Paleontological Research vol.2, no.2, pp.75-88.
1997 Takao Ubukata Mantle kinematics and formation of commarginal shell sculpture in Bivalvia Paleontological Research vol.1, no.2, pp.132-143.
  Nobuhiro Kotake Ethological interpretation of the trace fossil Zoophycos in the Hikoroichi Formation (Lower Carboniferous), southern Kitakami Mountains, Northeast Japan Paleontological Research vol.1, no.1, pp.15-28.
1996 Takashi Matsubara Fossil Mollusca of the Lower Miocene Yotsuyaku Formation in the Ninohe district, Iwate Prefecture, Northeast Japan. Part 1. General consideration of the fauna Transaction and Proceedings of the Palaeontological Society of Japan, N.S. no.180, pp.303-320.
  Naoki Kohno Miocene pinniped Allodesmus (Mammalia: Carnivora); with special reference to the “Mito Seal” from Ibaraki Prefecture, Central Japan Transaction and Proceedings of the Palaeontological Society of Japan, N.S. no.181, pp.388-404.
1995 Yukio Yanagisawa Cenozoic diatom genus Bogorovia Jouse´: An emended description Transaction and Proceedings of the Palaeontological Society of Japan, N.S. no.177, pp.21-42.
  Tamiko Ohana Further observations of Cunninghamiostrobus yubariensis Stopes and Fujii from the Upper Yezo Group (Upper Cretaceous), Hokkaido, Japan Transaction and Proceedings of the Palaeontological Society of Japan, N.S. no.178, pp.122-141.

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PSJ Best Poster Prize: for remarkable poster(s) at anual and regular meetings

YYYY.M Recipient(s) Title
2015.1 Hiroki Kawai
The way to estimate functions of asymmetric claws in crabs

Tomoya Hanai, Shoji Hayashi, Tamaki Sato
Bone histology of a polycotylid plesiosaurian rib 

Arisa Fukudome, Ryuji Asami, Osamu Abe, Hideko Takayanagi, Akira Hirai, Yasufumi Iryu
A coral-based reconstruction of sea surface conditions at Ishigaki-jima, Ryukyu Islands, southwestern Japan
2014.6 Shinya Miyata, Shinji Isaji, Kenji Kashiwagi
The first record of otloliths from the Kimigahama Formation (Lower Cretaceous)of the Choshi Group, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. 

Satoshi Hirasawa, Hajime Naruse
Upward branching Chondrites reconstructed by processing a series of images obtained from polished sections
2014.1 Yasuyuki Hirata, Shohei Minami, Natsuko Adachi, Yoichi Ezaki
Characteristics and construction of the rudist"bearing reefs unique to the Yura area, Wakayama Prefecture

Yusuke Takeda, Kazushige Tanabe, Neil Landman, Takenori Sasaki
Analysis on predatory damaged scaphitid ammonoids in the Late Cretaceous Western Interior Seaway

Masanori Okanishi, Asuka Sentoku, Toshihiko Fujita
A new classification of the order Euryalida(Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea)based on molecular analysis and ossicle morphology
2013.6 Tomohiro Masuda, Yutaro Suzuki, Satoshi Ohno, Yuta Shiino
 

Haruka Takagi, Kazuyoshi Moriya, Toyoho Ishimura, Atsushi Suzuki, Hodaka Kawahata, Hiromichi Hirano
Ontogenetic stable isotopic records of modern planktic foraminifers from Sagami Bay and their living environment.
2013.1 Satoshi Ohno, Yutaro Suzuki
Visual performance of sedentary illaenimorph trilobite, Stenopareia oviformis

Kozue Nishida, Toyoho Ishimura, Kei Sato, Takenori Sasaki
Relationship between shell microstructures of subfamily Anadarinae (Arcidae: Bivalvia)

Yasuhisa Nakajima
Estimation of the growth center of limb bones based on the structure of the nutrient canal
2012.6 Kentaro Izumi
Contrast of feeding styles between the producers of Phymatoderma from different sedimentary settings, and its adaptive implication

Takafumi Mochiduki, Tatsuo Oji, Zhao Yuanlong, Peng Jin, Yang Xinglian, Gonchigdorj Sersmaa
A study of diversity pattern of the earliest Cambrian biological activity from the evidence of the trace fossils

Keisuke Shimizu, Isao Sarashina, Tetsuhiro Kudo, Kazuyoshi Endo Molecular mechanisms of shell coiling in gastropods
2012.1 Koji Noshita
The aperture inclination of gastropod shells
2011.7 Junpei Makino, Yutaro Suzuki
 

Taichi Kato, Kazushige Tanabe
On the teeth number and the teeth formation process with a new skull specimen of a polycotylid plesiosaur
2011.1 Ayuko Hirabayashi, Masakazu Nara, Toshifumi Komatsu Ichnocoenosis in tidal deposits of the Jurassic Sakamoto Formation, Kyushu, Japan

Yuta Shiino, Shoukei Yamada, Yutaro Suzuki, Chisato Suzuki
One likely evolution scenario of productide morphology
2010.6 Akihiro Misaki and Haruyoshi Maeda Mode of occurrence of Pravitoceras sigmoidale (Late Cretaceous heteromorph ammonoid) encrusted by bivalves

Takafumi Mochizuki and Kazuyoshi Endo Reconstruction of ancestral mitochondrial genomes of archosauria
  Satomi Ueda and Yoichi Ezaki Skeleton construction of zooxanthellate colonial scleractinian Oulastrea crispata that exhibits unique habitat tolerance
2010.1 TakanobuTsuihiji, Yoshito Fujiyama, Mahito Watanabe, Rinchen Barsbold and Khishigjav Tsogtbaatar Braincase morphology of Tarbosaurus bataar (Dinosauria, Theropoda) with an emphasis on the brain endocast and occipital muscle attachments

Yuri Kimura Fossil birch mice from Inner Mongolia and their role in understanding intercontinental dispersals of the Sicistinae

Tatsuya Hayakawa, Hiromichi Hirano Carbon isotope stratigraphy and the geologic age of inoceramid biozones for the Upper Cretaceous in northwestern Hokkaido, Japan
2009.6 Soichiro Kawabe, Tetsuya Shimokawa and Shoji Matsuda A method for estimating brain volume of birds and its paleontological application
  Yasuhiro Iba, Kazunari Tanabe, Shin-ichi Sano, Akihiro Misaki and Kazunobu Terabe Mid-Cretaceous demise of belemnoids in the North Pacific and its possible cause
2009.1 Natsuko Adachi, Yoichi Ezaki, Liu J. Appearance of bryozoan reefs and ensuing development of metazoan reefs: importance of stabilization function

Yuki Tokuda, Tomoko Ikeno, Yoichi Ezaki, Shinsuke Goto, Eiji Numata Molecular phylogenetic analysis and reevaluation of skeletal characters in the family Flabellidae (Cnidaria: Scleractinia)
  Taketeru Tomita Could ancient sharks breathe without swimming? Reconstruction of ventilation system of fossil sharks based on the morphology of their gill skeletons
2008.6 Asuka Sentoku, Yoichi Ezaki Growth regularity of azooxanthellate colonial scleractinian: modes of budding

Satoshi Takahashi, Kunio Kaiho, Satoshi Yamakita, Noritoshi Suzuki, Masahiro Oba, Takeshi Kakegawa, Masayuki Nagahiro Oceanic environmental changes of the latest Permian-Early Triassic Panthalassa

Yasumi Yamada, Takashi Ito, Isao Motoyama, Takuya Itaki, Itaru Koizumi, Shinichi Kamikuri Paleoceanographic changes in the Japan Sea during the last 20 kyr based on radiolarian assemblage
2008.1 Tomonari Kaji, Satoshi Tsukakoshi Morphological integration between joint and muscle in arthropod limb evolution
  Akinori Takahashi, Tomotaka Fujita, Takashi Matsumoto, Hiromichi Hirano Relationship between rib strength of Late Cretaceous Actinoceramus (Bivalvia, Inoceramidae) and sedimentary environments

Yasutoshi Nakajima Growth of basal ichthyosaurs indicated by bone histology
2007.6 Takeshi Takeuchi, Isao Sarashina, Minoru Iijima, Kazuyoshi Endo Control of the crystal polymorphism in bivalve shells
  Shinichi Nomura  
2007.1 Robert G. Jenkins, Andrzej Kaim, Yoshinori Hikida, Kazushige Tanabe Antiquity of the substrate choice among limpets from the chemosynthesis based communities

Natsuko Ihoriya, Rie Hori, Minoru Ikehara A study of the Oceanic Anoxic Event 1a in Lower Cretaceous bedded chert sequence from the Shimanto Belt, Shikoku, Japan

Ryohei Nakagawa, Shin Numanami, Minoru Yoneda, Hikaru Uno, Yasuyuki Shibata A clarification of a faunal transition at Hirao-di, Kyushu, Japan -Analyzing mammalian fossil assemblages and using the 14C dating method-
2006.6 Naoko Egi, Masato Nakatsukasa, Naomichi Ogiwara Compositions of internal structure in distal humeri of primates
  Kota Katsuki, Koji Seto, Ritsuo Nomura Relationship between human activity and environmental change in Saroma Lagoon shown by diatom assemblages

Shinnosuke Yamada  
2006.1 Atsushi Narita, Midori Matsumoto, Toshihiro Yamada  
  Tatsuhiko Yamaguchi, Ryoichi Nagao, Takahiro Kamiya Paleogene ostracodes from the Kishima Formation, Kishima Group in Saga Prefecture and their paleoecological significance
2005.6 Yohei Tada, Hiroshi Kitazato, Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Kazushige Tanabe  

Atsuro Koda, Ryuichi Majima, Hiroshi Kitazato, Tomomi Kitazaki, Hideki Wada, Kazuhiro Kato  

Koji Seike, Masakazu Nara  

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PSJ Contribution Award: for outstanding contributions to the field of paleontology

FY Recipient(s)  
2014 Koji Chuman  
2013 Hayashibara Museum of Natural Sciences  
2012 Masamichi Ota
 
2011 Tamiko Ohana
 
2010 Kazuo Kobayashi and Mikasa City  
2009 Martin Janal  

Yoshiko and Yuzuru Morosawa  
  Soma and Nakamura Groups Research Association  
  Masatoshi Okura  
2004 Asakura Publishing Co., Ltd.  
2000 late Yutaro Kawashita  
  Toshiya Miyauchi  
  Tokai Fossil Society  
1999 late Katsumi Abe  

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