Kenshu Shimada
Kenshu Shimada
- Department of Environmental Science and Studies and Department of Biological Sciences, DePaul University, 2325 North Clifton Avenue, Chicago, IL 60614, USA.
- Sternberg Museum of Natural History, Fort Hays State University, Hays, KS 67601, USA.
- E.mail: kshimada@depaul.edu
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Publications
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2010
[edit]- Friedman, M., Shimada, K., Martin, L.D., Everhart, M.J., Liston, J., Maltese, A. & Triebold, M. 2010. 100-million-year dynasty of giant planktivorous bony fishes in the Mesozoic seas. Science 327(5968): 990–993. DOI: 10.1126/science.1184743 Reference page.
2014
[edit]- Shimada, K., Welton, B. J. & Long, D. J., 2014: A new fossil megamouth shark (Lamniformes, Megachasmidae) from the Oligocene-Miocene of the western United States. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34 (2): 281–290. DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2013.803975 Reference page.
2015
[edit]- Shimada, K., Popov, E.V., Siversson, M., Welton, B.J. & Long, D.J. 2015. A new clade of putative plankton-feeding sharks from the Upper Cretaceous of Russia and the United States. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 35(5): e981335. DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2015.981335 Reference page.
2016
[edit]- Schumacher, B.A., Shimada, K., Liston, J. & Maltese, A. 2016. Highly specialized suspension-feeding bony fish Rhinconichthys (Actinopterygii: Pachycormiformes) from the mid-Cretaceous of the United States, England, and Japan. Cretaceous Research 61: 71–85. DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2015.12.017 Reference page.
- Shimada, K. 2016. A new species of the Late Cretaceous ‘sail-finned’ bony fish, Pentanogmius (Actinopterygii: Tselfatiiformes), from Texas, USA. Cretaceous Research 61: 188–198. DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2015.12.019Reference page.
- Bice, K.N. & Shimada, K. 2016. Fossil marine vertebrates from the Codell Sandstone Member (middle Turonian) of the Upper Cretaceous Carlile Shale in Jewell County, Kansas, USA. Cretaceous Research 65: 172–198. DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2016.04.017
. Reference page. - Shimada, K., Egi, N., Tsubamoto, T., Maung-Maung, Thaung-Htike, Zin-Maung-Maung-Thein, Nishioka, Y., Sonoda, T. & Takai, M. 2016. The extinct river shark Glyphis pagoda from the Miocene of Myanmar and a review of the fossil record of the genus Glyphis (Carcharhiniformes: Carcharhinidae). Zootaxa 4161(2): 237–251. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4161.2.6. Reference page.
- Shimada, K. & Ward, D.J. 2016. The oldest fossil record of the megamouth shark from the late Eocene of Denmark, and comments on the enigmatic megachasmid origin. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 61(4): 839–845. DOI: 10.4202/app.00248.2016
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2022
[edit]- McCormack, J., Griffiths, M.L., Kim, S.L., Shimada, K., Karnes, M., Maisch H.M., Pederzani, S., Bourgon, N., Jaouen, K., Becker, M.A., Jöns, N., Sisma-Ventura, G., Straube, N., Pollerspöck, J., Hublin, J.-J., Eagle, R.A. & Tütken, T. 2022. Trophic position of Otodus megalodon and great white sharks through time revealed by zinc isotopes. Nature Communications 13: 2980. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-30528-9 . Reference page.
2023
[edit]- Griffiths, M.L., Eagle, R.A., Kim, S.L., Flores, R.J., Becker, M.A., Maisch, H.M., Trayler, R.B., Chan, R.L., McCormack, J., Akhtara, A.A., Tripati, A.K. & Shimada, K. 2023. Endothermic physiology of extinct megatooth sharks. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 120(27): e2218153120. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2218153120 . Reference page.
2024
[edit]- Sternes, P.C., Jambura, P.L., Türtscher, J., Kriwet, J., Siversson, M., Feichtinger, I., Naylor G.J.P., Summers, A.P., Maisey, J.G., Tomita, T., moyer, J.K., higham, T.E., João Paulo Capretz Batista da Silva, Bornatowski, H., Long, D.L., Perez, V.J., Collareta, A., Underwood, C., Ward, D.J., Vullo, R., González-Barba, G., Maisch, H.M., Griffiths, M.L., Becker, M.A., Wood, J.J. & Shimada, K. 2024. White shark comparison reveals a slender body for the extinct megatooth shark, Otodus megalodon (Lamniformes: Otodontidae) Palaeontologia Electronica 27(1): 27.1.a7. DOI: 10.26879/1345 . Reference page.
2025
[edit]- Shimada, K., Motani, R., Wood, J.J., Sternes, P.C., Tomita, T., Bazzi, M., Collareta, A., Gayford, J.H., Türtscher, J., Jambura, P.L., Kriwet, J., Vullo, R., Long, D.J., Summers, A.P., Maisey, J.G., Underwood, C.J., Ward D.J., Maisch, H.M., Perez, V.J., Feichtinger, I., Naylor, G.J.P., Moyer, J.K., Higham, T.E., Silva, J.P.C.B. Da, Bornatowski, H., González-Barba, G., Griffiths, M.L., Becker, M.A. & Siversson, M. 2025. Reassessment of the possible size, form, weight, cruising speed, and growth parameters of the extinct megatooth shark, Otodus megalodon (Lamniformes: Otodontidae), and new evolutionary insights into its gigantism, life history strategies, ecology, and extinction. Palaeontologia Electronica 28(1): 28.1.a12. DOI: 10.26879/1502 . Reference page.