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. & da Silva, J.P.C.B. & Bornatowski, H. & Long, D.J. & 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), Article a4
DOI: 10.26879/1345
Karnes, M.E. & Chan, R.L. & Kuntz, J.P. & Griffiths, M.L. & Shimada, K. & Becker, M.A. & Maisch, H.M. & Eagle, R.A. & Brenner-Coltrain, J. & Miller, S. & Kim, S.L. (2024)
Enigmatic carbonate isotope values in shark teeth: Evidence for environmental and dietary controls. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 635, Article 111943
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2023.111943
McCormack, J. & Griffiths, M.L. & Maisch, H. & Becker, M.A. & Bourgon, N. & Jaouen, K. & Fuller, B.T. & Pollerspöck, J. & Hampe, O. & Feichtinger, I. & Müller, W. & Shimada, K. (2024)
Applying zinc isotopes to investigate the trophic positions of extinct marine vertebrates, including the megatooth shark Otodus megalodon, in ancient marine ecosystems [Abstract]. EGU General Assembly 2024, Vienna, Austria
DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu24-8484
Becker, M.A. & Kline, C.G. & Maisch, H.M. & Sternes, P.C. & Shimada, K. (2023)
First-hand observations of rare piebaldism in the nurse shark, Ginglymostoma cirratum, near East Bahia Honda, Florida Keys, Florida. Florida Scientist, 86(1), 13–16
Kovalchuk, O. & Kriwet, J. & Shimada, K. & Ryabokon, T. & Barkaszi, Z. & Dubikovska, A. & Anfimova, G. & Davydenko, S. (2023)
Middle Eocene cartilaginous fishes (Vertebrata: Chondrichthyes) of the Dnieper–Donets Basin, northern Ukraine. Palaeontologia Electronica, 26(2), Article a32
Sternes, P.C. & Wood, J.J. & Shimada, K. (2023)
Body forms of extant lamniform sharks (Elasmobranchii: Lamniformes), and comments on the morphology of the extinct megatooth shark, Otodus megalodon, and the evolution of lamniform thermophysiology. Historical Biology, 35(1), 139–151
DOI: 10.1080/08912963.2021.2025228
Shimada, K. & Maisch, H.M. & Perez, V.J. & Becker, M.A. & Griffiths, M.L. (2023)
Revisiting body size trends and nursery areas of the Neogene megatooth shark, Otodus megalodon (Lamniformes: Otodontidae), reveals Bergmann’s rule possibly enhanced its gigantism in cooler waters. Historical Biology, 35(2), 208–217
DOI: 10.1080/08912963.2022.2032024
Tanoue, K. & Shimada, K. (2023)
Jaw mechanics in macrophagous lamniform sharks and their evolutionary and functional implications. Anatomical Record–Advances in Integrative Anatomy and Evolutionary Biology, 306(2), 311–325
DOI: 10.1002/ar.25071
Shimada, K. & Yamaoka, Y. & Kurihara, Y. & Takakuwa, Y. & Maisch, H.M. & Becker, M.A. & Eagle, R.A. & Griffiths, M.L. (2023)
Tessellated calcified cartilage and placoid scales of the Neogene megatooth shark, Otodus megalodon (Lamniformes: Otodontidae), offer new insights into its biology and the evolution of regional endothermy and gigantism in the otodontid clade. Historical Biology, in press
DOI: 10.1080/08912963.2023.2211597
Krak, A.M. & Shimada, K. (2023)
The dentition of the extinct megamouth shark, Megachasma applegatei (Lamniformes: Megachasmidae), from southern California, USA, based on geometric morphometrics. PaleoBios, 40(1), Article P940160139
DOI: 10.5070/P940160139
Da Silva, J. & Shimada, K. & Datovo, A. (2023)
The importance of the appendicular skeleton for the phylogenetic reconstruction of lamniform sharks (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii). Journal of Morphology, 284(5), Article e21585
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.21585
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. & Akhtar, A.A. & Tripati, A.K. & Shimada, K. (2023)
Endothermic physiology of extinct megatooth sharks. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120(27), Article e2218153120
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2218153120
Motani, R. & Shimada, K. (2023)
Skeletal convergence in thunniform sharks, ichthyosaurs, whales, and tunas, and its possible ecological links through the marine ecosystem evolution. Scientific Reports, 13(1), Article 16664
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-41812-z
Shimada, K. & Boessenecker, R.W. & Perez, V.J. & Kent, B.W. (2023)
New geographic and stratigraphic occurrences of the enigmatic extinct lamniform shark, Megalolamna (Lamniformes: Otodontidae), from the eastern USA. Historical Biology, in press
DOI: 10.1080/08912963.2023.2282664
McCormack, J. & Griffiths, M.L. & Kim, S.L. & Shimada, K. & Karnes, M. & Maisch, H. & 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, Article 2980
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-30528-9
Allen, J.G. & Shimada, K. (2022)
Fossil vertebrates from a unique marine bonebed of the Upper Cretaceous Smoky Hill Chalk, western Kansas, USA: new insights into the paleoecology of the Niobrara Formation. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 41(6), Article e2066999
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2021.2066999
Kast, E.R. & Griffiths, M.L. & Kim, S.L. & Rao, Z.C. & Shimada, K. & Becker, M.A. & Maisch, H.M. & Eagle, R.A. & Clarke, C.A. & Neumann, A.N. & Karnes, M.E. & Lüdecke, T. & Leichliter, J.N. & Martínez-García, A. & Akhtar, A.A. & Wang, X.T. & Haug, G.H. & Sigman, D.M. (2022)
Cenozoic megatooth sharks occupied extremely high trophic positions. Science Advances, 8(25), Article eabl6529
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abl6529
Lin, C.-Y. & Lin, C.-H. & Shimada, K. (2022)
A previously overlooked, highly diverse early Pleistocene elasmobranch assemblage from southern Taiwan. PeerJ, 10, Article e14190
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.14190
Shimada, K. (2022)
Phylogenetic affinity of the extinct shark family Otodontidae within Lamniformes remains uncertain - Comments on “List of skeletal material from megatooth sharks (Lamniformes, Otodontidae)” by Greenfield. Paleoichthys, 6, 1–5
Feichtinger, I. & Adnet, S. & Cuny, G. & Guinot, G. & Kriwet, J. & Neubauer, T.A. & Pollerspöck, J. & Shimada, K. & Straube, N. & Underwood, C. & Vullo, R. & Harzhauser, M. (2021)
Comment on “An early Miocene extinction in pelagic sharks”. Science, 374(6573), Article abk0632
DOI: 10.1126/science.abk0632
Shimada, K. (2021)
The size of the megatooth shark, Otodus megalodon (Lamniformes: Otodontidae), revisited. Historical Biology, 33(7), 904–911
DOI: 10.1080/08912963.2019.1666840
Shimada, K. & Becker, M.A. & Griffiths, M.L. (2021)
Body, jaw, and dentition lengths of macrophagous lamniform sharks, and body size evolution in Lamniformes with special reference to ‘off-the-scale’ gigantism of the megatooth shark, Otodus megalodon. Historical Biology, 33(11), 2543–2559
DOI: 10.1080/08912963.2020.1812598
Paillard, A. & Shimada, K. & Pimiento, C. (2021)
The fossil record of extant elasmobranchs. Journal of Fish Biology, 98(2), 445–455
DOI: 10.1111/jfb.14588
Shimada, K. & Bonnan, M.F. & Becker, M.A. & Griffiths, M.L. (2021)
Ontogenetic growth pattern of the extinct megatooth shark Otodus megalodon-implications for its reproductive biology, development, and life expectancy. Historical Biology, 33(12), 3254–3259
DOI: 10.1080/08912963.2020.1861608
Maisch, H.M. & Becker, M.A. & Shimada, K. (2021)
Fossil fishes from a lag deposit within the Upper Cretaceous Mancos Shale in New Mexico, USA, with comments on correlative Turonian-Coniacian time-transgressive lags in the Western Interior Seaway of North America Cretaceous Research, 26, Article 104886
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2021.104886
Frumkin, J.A. & Shimada, K. (2020)
Integument-based inferences on the swimming ability and prey hunting strategy of the bigeye thresher shark, Alopias superciliosus (Lamniformes: Alopiidae). Zoomorphology, 139, 213–229
DOI: 10.1007/s00435-020-00484-3
Sternes, P.C. & Shimada, K. (2020)
Body forms in sharks (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii) and their functional, ecological, and evolutionary implications. Zoology, 140, Article 125799
DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2020.125799
Villafaña, J.A. & Hernandez, S. & Alvarado, A. & Shimada, K. & Pimiento, C. & Rivadeneira, M.M. & Kriwet, J. (2020)
First evidence of a palaeo-nursery area of the great white shark. Scientific Reports, 10, Article 8502
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-65101-1
Shimada, K. & Hanks, H.D. (2020)
Shark-Bitten Hesperornithiform Bird Bone from a Turonian (Upper Cretaceous) Marine Deposit of Northeastern South Dakota, U.S.A. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 123(3–4), 414–418
DOI: 10.1660/062.123.0310
Sternes, P.C. & Shimada, K. (2019)
Paleobiology of the Late Cretaceous sclerorhynchid sawfish, Ischyrhiza mira (Elasmobranchii: Rajiformes), from North America based on new anatomical data. Historical Biology, 31(10), 1323–1340
DOI: 10.1080/08912963.2018.1452205
Pimiento, C. & Cantalapiedra, J.L. & Shimada, K. & Field, D.J. & Smaers, J.B. (2019)
Evolutionary pathways toward gigantism in sharks and rays. Evolution, 73(3), 588–599
DOI: 10.1111/evo.13680
Stone, N.R. & Shimada, K. (2019)
Skeletal Anatomy of the Bigeye Sand Tiger Shark, Odontaspis noronhai (Lamniformes: Odontaspididae), and its Implications for Lamniform Phylogeny, Taxonomy, and Conservation Biology. Copeia, 107(4), 632–652
DOI: 10.1643/CG-18-160
Shimada, K. & Everhart, M.J. (2019)
A new large Late Cretaceous lamniform shark from North America, with comments on the taxonomy, paleoecology, and evolution of the genus Cretodus. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 39(4), Article e1673399
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2019.1673399
Guzzo, F. & Shimada, K. (2018)
A New Fossil Vertebrate Locality of the Jetmore Chalk Member of the Upper Cretaceous Greenhorn Limestone in North-Central Kansas, U.S.A. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 121(1–2), 59–68
DOI: 10.1660/062.121.0206
Jacobs, P.K. & Shimada, K. (2018)
Ontogenetic growth pattern of the extant smalltooth sandtiger shark,Odontaspis ferox (Lamniformes : Odontaspididae) ─application from and to paleontology. Journal of Fossil Research, 51(1), 23–29
Guinot, G. & Adnet, S. & Shimada, K. & Underwood, C.J. & Siversson, M. & Ward, D.J. & Kriwet, J. & Cappetta, H. (2018)
On the need of providing tooth morphology in descriptions of extant elasmobranch species. Zootaxa, 4461(1), 118–126
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4461.1.8
Johnson-Ransom, E.D. & Popov, E.V. & Deméré, T.A. & Shimada, K. (2018)
The Late Cretaceous Chimaeroid Fish, Ischyodus bifurcatus Case (Chondrichthyes: Holocephali), from California, USA, and Its Paleobiogeographical Significance. Paleontological Research, 22(4), 364–372
DOI: 10.2517/2018PR004
Shimada, K. & Chandler, R.E. & Lam, O.L.T. & Tanaka, T. & Ward, D.J. (2017)
A new elusive otodontid shark (Lamniformes: Otodontidae) from the lower Miocene, and comments on the taxonomy of otodontid genera, including the ‘megatoothed’ clade. Historical Biology, 29(5), 704–714
DOI: 10.1080/08912963.2016.1236795
Johnson-Ransom, E. & Shimada, K. & Kirkland, J.I. (2016)
The Late Cretaceous Lamniform Shark, Cretoxyrhina mantelli, from the Fairport Chalky Shale Member of the Carlile Shale in Northeastern Nebraska. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 119(2), 208–210
DOI: 10.1660/062.119.0212
Johnson-Ransom, E. & Shimada, K. (2016)
Fossil Fishes from the Pfeifer Shale Member of the Upper Cretaceous Greenhorn Limestone in North-Central Kansas, U.S.A. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 119(2), 201–207
DOI: 10.1660/062.119.0211
Ouroumova, O. & Shimada, K. & Kirkland, J.I. (2016)
Fossil Marine Vertebrates from the Blue Hill Shale Member (Middle Turonian) of the Upper Cretaceous Carlile Shale in Northeastern Nebraska. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 119(2), 211–221
DOI: 10.1660/062.119.0213
Mcintosh, A.P. & Shimada, K. & Everhart, M.J. (2016)
Late Cretaceous Marine Vertebrate Fauna from the Fairport Chalk Member of the Carlile Shale in Southern Ellis County, Kansas, U.S.A. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 119(2), 222–230
DOI: 10.1660/062.119.0214
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
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
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
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), Article e981335
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2015.981335
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
Gorman, K.L. & Shimada, K. & Witzke, B.J. (2014)
Late Cretaceous Marine Fishes from the Basal Greenhorn Limestone in Western Iowa. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 117(1–2), 91–99
DOI: 10.1660/062.117.0114
Nelms, A. & Mcintosh, A.P. & Shimada, K. (2014)
Fossil Fishes from the Jetmore Chalk Member (Lower Turonian) of the Upper Cretaceous Greenhorn Limestone in North-Central Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 117(3–4), 245–252
DOI: 10.1660/062.117.0310
Kim, S.H. & Shimada, K. & Rigsby, C.K. (2013)
Anatomy and evolution of heterocercal tail in lamniform sharks. The Anatomical Record, 296(3), 433–442
DOI: 10.1002/ar.22647
Shimada, K. (2013)
Chondrichthyan origin for the fossil record of the Tselfatiiform Osteichthyan fish, Thryptodus zitteli Loomis, from the Upper Cretaceous Mooreville Chalk of Alabama. Bulletin of the Alabama Museum of Natural History, 31(1), 72–77
Gallardo, C. & Shimada, K. & Schumacher, B.A. (2013)
A New Late Cretaceous Marine Vertebrate Assemblage from the Lincoln Limestone Member of the Greenhorn Limestone in Southeastern Colorado. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 115(3–4), 107–116
DOI: 10.1660/062.115.0303
Dickerson, A.A. & Shimada, K. & Reilly, B. & Rigsby, C.K. (2013)
New Data on the Late Cretaceous Cardabiodontid Lamniform Shark Based on an Associated Specimen from Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 115(3–4), 125–133
DOI: 10.1660/062.115.0305
Jansen, K.R. & Shimada, K. & Kirkland, J.I. (2013)
Fossil Fish Fauna from the Uppermost Graneros Shale (Upper Cretaceous: Middle Cenomanian) in Southeastern Nebraska. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 115(3–4), 145–152
DOI: 10.1660/062.115.0308
Hansen, B.B. & Cuny, G. & Rasmussen, B.W. & Shimada, K. & Jacobs, P. & Heilmann-Clausen, C. (2013)
Associated skeletal and dental remains of a fossil odontaspidid shark (Elasmobranchii: Lamniformes) from the Middle Eocene Lillebælt Clay Formation in Denmark. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark, 61, 37–46
DOI: 10.37570/bgsd-2013-61-03
Bice, K.N. & Shimada, K. & Kirkland, J.I. (2013)
Late Cretaceous Marine Fishes from the Upper Greenhorn Limestone in Southeastern Nebraska. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 116(1–2), 22–26
DOI: 10.1660/062.116.0104
Meglei, A.D. & Shimada, K. & Kirkland, J.I. (2013)
Fossil Vertebrates from the Middle Graneros Shale (Upper Cretaceous: Middle Cenomanian) in Southeastern Nebraska. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 116(3–4), 129–135
DOI: 10.1660/062.116.0304
Dean, M. & Huber, D. & Goo, B. & Danos, N. & Shimada, K. & Summers, A. (2012)
On the jaws of lamniform sharks [Abstract]. Integrative and Comparative Biology: 52(Suppl. 1): E43
DOI: 10.1093/icb/ics078
Castillo-Géniz, J.L. & Ocampo-Torres, A.I. & Shimada, K. & Rigsby, C.K. & Nicholas, A.C. (2012)
Juvenile megamouth shark, Megachasma pelagios, caught off the Pacific coast of Mexico, and its significance to chondrichthyan diversity in Mexico. Ciencias Marinas, 38(2), 467–474
Nagrodski, M. & Shimada, K. & Schumacher, B.A. (2012)
Marine vertebrates from the Hartland Shale (Upper Cretaceous: Upper Cenomanian) in southeastern Colorado, USA. Cretaceous Research, 37, 76–88
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2012.03.007
Shimada, K. (2012)
Dentition of late Cretaceous Shark, Ptychodus mortoni (Elasmobranchii, Ptychodontidae). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 32(6), 1271–1284
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2012.707997
Chavez, S. & Zufan, S. & Kim, S.H. & Shimada, K. (2012)
Tooth sizes as a proxy for estimating body lengths in the porbeagle shark, Lamna nasus. Journal of Fossil Research, 45(1), 1–5
Shimada, K. & Everhart, M.J. & Reilly, B. & Rigsby, C.K. (2012)
First associated specimen of the Late Cretaceous shark, Cretodus (Elasmobranchii: Lamniformes) [Abstract]. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2011 SVP Program and Abstracts Book, 194
Dickerson, A.A. & Shimada, K. & Reilly, B. & Rigsby, C.K. (2012)
New data on the Late Cretaceous cardabiodontid shark based on an associated specimen from Kansas, U.S.A [Abstract]. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2011 SVP Program and Abstracts Book, 99
Bice, K.N. & Shimada, K. & Kirkland, J.I. (2012)
Late Cretaceous marine fishes from the Upper Greenhorn Limestone in southeastern Nebraska, USA [Abstract]. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 32(Suppl. 1), 64
Gallardo, C. & Shimada, K. & Schumacher, B.A. (2012)
A new Late Cretaceous marine vertebrate assemblage from the basal Greenhorn Limestone in southeastern Colorado, USA [Abstract]. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 32(Suppl. 1), 98–99
Shimada, K. (2012)
Dentition of Late Cretaceous shark, Ptychodus mortoni (Elasmobranchii: Ptychodontidae) [Abstract]. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 32(Suppl. 1), 171
Cook, T.D. & Newbrey, M.G. & Murray, A.M. & Wilson, M.V.H. & Shimada, K. & Takeuchi, G.T. & Stewart, J.D. (2011)
A Partial Skeleton of the Late Cretaceous Lamniform Shark, Archaeolamna kopingensis, from the Pierre Shale of Western Kansas, U.S.A. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 31(1), 8–21
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2011.539968
Gallardo, C. & Shimada, K. & Schumacher, B.A. (2011)
Fossil marine vertebrates from the lowermost Greenhorn Limestone (Upper Cretaceous: Middle Cenomanian) in southeastern Colorado [Abstract]. In Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science National Conference, San Jose, California, October 27–30, 2011
Shimada, K. & Tsuihiji, T. & Sato, T. & Hasegawa, Y. (2010)
A Remarkable Case of a Shark-Bitten Elasmosaurid Plesiosaur. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 30(2), 592–597
DOI: 10.1080/02724631003621920
Shimada, K. & Nagrodski, M. (2010)
Occurrence of the Fossil Lamniform Shark, Cretoxyrhina mantelli, from the Upper Cretaceous Hartland Shale, Central Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 113(3–4), 235–236
DOI: 10.1660/062.113.0313
Nagrodski, M. & Shimada, K. & Schumacher, B.A. (2010)
Marine vertebrates from the Upper Cretaceous in southeastern Colorado [Abstract]. Kansas Academy of Science Annual Meeting, April 9–10, Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kansas.
Shimada, K. & Everhart, M.J. & Decker, R. & Decker, P.D. (2010)
A new skeletal remain of the durophagous shark, Ptychodus mortoni, from the Upper Cretaceous of North America: an indication of gigantic body size. Cretaceous Research, 31(2), 249–254
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2009.11.005
Nagrodski, M. & Shimada, K. & Schumacher, B.A. (2010)
Fossil marine vertebrates from the Upper Cretaceous Hartland Shale in southeastern Colorado [Abstract]. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 30(Supplement to Number 2), 138A–139A
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2010.10411819
Tanoue, K. & Shimada, K. & Rigsby, C.K. & Nicholas, A.C. (2010)
Jaw mechanics in lamniform sharks and its evolutionary implications [Abstract]. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 30(Supplement to Number 2), 174A
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2010.10411819
Cook, T.D. & Newbrey, M.G. & Murray, A. & Wilson, M.V.H. & Shimada, K. & Takeuchi, G. & Stewart, J.D. (2010)
Estimated age and size of the Late Cretaceous shark Archaeolamna kopingensis [Abstract]. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 30(Supplement to Number 2), 75A
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2010.10411819
Cumbaa, S.L. & Shimada, K. & Cook, T.D. (2010)
Mid-Cretaceous vertebrate faunas of the North American Western Interior Seaway [Abstract]. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 30(Supplement to Number 2), 77A
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2010.10411819
Cumbaa, S.L. & Shimada, K. & Cook, T.D. (2010)
Mid-Cenomanian vertebrate faunas of the WesternInterior Seaway of North America and their evolutionary, paleobiogeographical, and paleoecological implications. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 295(1–2), 199–214
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.05.038
Cook, T.D. & Newbrey, M.G. & Murray, A. & Wilson, M.V.H. & Shimada, K. & Takeuchi, G. & Stewart, J.D. (2010)
Partial skeletal remains of Archaeolamna kopingensis from the Upper Cretaceous Pierre Shale of western Kansas [Abstract]. In Fifth International Meeting on Mesozoic Fishes, Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico; August 1–7, 2010
Zufan, S. & Chavez, S. & Shimada, K. & Nakaya, K. & Rigsby, C.K. (2010)
Preliminary study of the skeletal anatomy of the enigmatic deep-water lamniform shark, Odontaspis noronhai [Abstract]. Midwest Ecology and Evolution Conference, March 26–28, 2010, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.
Chavez, S. & Zufan, S. & Shimada, K. (2010)
Quantitative relationships between tooth size and body length in modern porbeagle shark (Lamna nasus) as tools for ecological and paleoecological studies [Abstract]. Midwest Ecology and Evolution Conference, March 26–28, 2010, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.
Nagrodski, M. & Shimada, K. & Schumacher, B.A. (2010)
Marine vertebrates from the Upper Cretaceous in southeastern Colorado [Abstract]. Midwest Ecology and Evolution Conference, March 26–28, 2010, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.
Shimada, K. (2009)
The first associated teeth of the Late Cretaceous anacoracid shark, Pseudocorax laevis (Leriche), from the Mooreville Chalk of Alabama. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 112(3/4), 164–168
DOI: 10.1660/062.112.0402
Shimada, K. & Rigsby, C.K. & Kim, S.H. (2009)
Labial Cartilages in the Smalltooth Sandtiger Shark, Odontaspis ferox (Lamniformes: Odontaspididae) and Their Significance to the Phylogeny of Lamniform Sharks. The Anatomical Record, 292(6), 813–817
DOI: 10.1002/ar.20903
Shimada, K. & Tsuihiji, T. & Sato, T. & Hasegawa, Y. (2009)
A remarkable case of a shark-bitten elasmosaurid plesiosaur from the upper cretaceous of Japan [Abstract]. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 29(Supplement to Number 3), 180A
Shimada, K. & Rigsby, C.K. & Kim, S.H. (2009)
Partial Skull of Late Cretaceous Durophagous Shark, Ptychodus occidentalis (Elasmobranchii: Ptychodontidae), from Nebraska, U.S.A. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 29(2), 336–349
DOI: 10.1671/039.029.0226
Shimada, K. (2008)
New anacoracid shark from Upper Cretaceous Niobrara Chalk of western Kansas, U.S.A. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 28(4), 1189–1194
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634-28.4.1189
Shimada, K. & Martin, D.J. (2008)
Fossil fishes from the basal Greenhorn Limestone (Upper Cretaceous: late Cenomanian) in Russell County, Kansas. Fort Hays Studies, (Special Issue 2), 89–103
Shimada, K. (2008)
Ontogenetic Parameters and Life History Strategies of the Late Cretaceous Lamniform Shark, Cretoxyrhina mantelli, Based on Vertebral Growth Increments. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 28(1), 21–33
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2008)28[21:OPALHS]2.0.CO;2
Shimada, K. (2008)
A new anacoracid shark from the Upper Cretaceous Niobrara Chalk of western Kansas [Abstract]. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 28(Supplement to Number 3),141A–142A
Cumbaa, S.L. & Shimada, K. (2008)
Mid-Cretaceous vertebrate faunas of the Western Interior Sea of northern North America. Geological Society of America [Abstract]. 2008 Joint Meeting of The Geological Society of America, Soil Science Society of America, American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies with the Gulf Coast Section of SEPM
Shimada, K. (2007)
Mesozoic origin for megamouth shark (Lamniformes: Megachasmidae). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 27(2), 512–516
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[512:MOFMSL]2.0.CO;2
Hamm, S.A. & Shimada, K. (2007)
The Late Cretaceous anacoracid shark, Pseudocorax laevis (Leriche), from the Niobrara Chalk of western Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 110(1/2), 44–52
DOI: 10.1660/0022-8443(2007)110[44:TLCASP]2.0.CO;2
Shimada, K. & Kim, S.H. & Rigsby, C.K. (2007)
Partial skull of Late Cretaceous durophagous shark, Ptychodus anonymus (Ptychodontidae), from Nebraska [Abstract]. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 27(Supplement to Number 3), 145A
Shimada, K. (2007)
Skeletal and dental anatomy of lamniform shark, Cretalamna appendiculata, from Upper Cretaceous Niobrara Chalk of Kansas. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 27(3), 584–602
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[584:SADAOL]2.0.CO;2
Shimada, K. & Brereton, D.D. (2007)
The Late Cretaceous Lamniform shark, Serratolamna serrata (AGASSIZ), from the Mooreville Chalk of Alabama. Paludicola, 6(3), 105–110
Kim, S.H. & Shimada, K. & Rigsby, C.K. (2007)
Comparative anatomy of caudal fin skeleton in a Late Cretaceous shark (Cretoxyrhina mantelli) and modern lamniform sharks [Abstract]. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 27(Supplement to Number 3), 99A
Shimada, K. (2006)
Marine vertebrates from the Blue Hill shale Member of the Carlile Shale (Upper Cretaceous: Middle Turonian) in Kansas. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, Bulletin, 35, 165–175
Shimada, K. & Cicimurri, D.J. (2006)
Annotated checklist of fossil fishes from the Smoky Hill Chalk of the Niobrara Chalk (Upper Cretaceous) in Kansas. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, Bulletin, 35, 193–213
Shimada, K. & Cicimurri, D.J. (2006)
The oldest record of the Late Cretaceous anacoracid shark, Squalicorax pristodontus (Agassiz), from the Western Interior, with comments on Squalicorax phylogeny. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, Bulletin, 35, 177–184
Shimada, K. & Cumbaa, S.L. & Van Rooyen, D. (2006)
Caudal fin skeleton of the Late Cretaceous lamniform shark, Cretoxyrhina mantelli, from the Niobrara Chalk of Kansas. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, Bulletin, 35, 185–192
Shimada, K. & Schumacher, B.A. & Parkin, J.A. & Palermo, J.M. (2006)
Fossil marine vertebrates from the lowermost Greenhorn Limestone (Upper Cretaceous: Middle Cenomanian) in southeastern Colorado. Journal of Paleontology, 80(sp63), 1–45
DOI: 10.1666/0022-3360(2006)80[1:FMVFTL]2.0.CO;2
Shimada, K. (2006)
Types of tooth sets in the fossil record of sharks, and comments on reconstructing dentitions of extinct sharks. Journal of Fossil Research, 38(2), 141–145
Shimada, K. (2006)
The relationship between the tooth size and total body length in the common thresher shark, Alopias vulpinus (Lamniformes: Alopiidae). Journal of Fossil Research, 39(1), 7–11
Shimada, K. (2006)
Mesozoic origin for megamouth shark (Lamniformes: Megachasmidae) [Abstract]. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 26(Supplement to Number 3), 124A
Shimada, K. (2005)
Phylogeny of lamniform sharks (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii) and the contribution of dental characters to lamniform systematics. Paleontological Research, 9(1), 55–72
DOI: 10.2517/prpsj.9.55
Shimada, K. & Cicimurri, D.J. (2005)
Skeletal anatomy of the Late Cretaceous shark, Squalicorax (Neoselachii: Anacoracidae). Paläontologische Zeitschrift, 79(2), 241–261
DOI: 10.1007/BF02990187
Shimada, K. & Seigel, J.A. (2005)
The relationship between the tooth size and total body length in the goblin shark, Mitsukurina owstoni (Lamniformes : Mitsukurinidae). Journal of Fossil Research, 38(1), 49–56
Blanco-Piñón, A. & Shimada, K. & González-Barba, G. (2005)
Lamnoid vertebrae from the Agua Nueva Formation (Upper Cretaceous: Lower Turonian), northeastern Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas, 22(1), 19–23
Shimada, K. (2005)
Skeletal and dental anatomy of the Late Cretaceous lamniform shark, Cretalamna (=Cretolamna) appendiculata [Abstract]. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 25(Supplement to Number 3), 114A–115A
Everhart, M.J. & Shimada, K. & Ewell, K. (2005)
First record of the lamniform shark genus, Johnlongia, from the Niobrara Chalk [Abstract]. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 108(1/2), 71
DOI: 10.1660/0022-8443(2005)108[0069:AOTAMO]2.0.CO;2
Shimada, K. (2005)
The relationship between the tooth size and total body length in the sandtiger shark, Carcharias taurus (Lamniformes: Odontaspididae). Journal of Fossil Research, 37(2), 76–81
Hamm, S.A. & Shimada, K. (2004)
A Late Cretaceous durophagus shark, Ptychodus martini Williston, from Texas. Texas Journal of Science, 56(3), 215–222
Shimada, K. & Hooks, G.E. (2004)
Shark-bitten protostegid turtles from the Upper Cretaceous Mooreville Chalk, Alabama. Journal of Paleontology, 78(1), 205–210
DOI: 10.1666/0022-3360(2004)078<0205:SPTFTU>2.0.CO;2
Shimada, K. & Ewell, K. & Everhart, M.J. (2004)
The first record of the lamniform shark genus, Johnlongia, from the Niobrara Chalk (Upper Cretaceous), western Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 107(3/4), 131–135
DOI: 10.1660/0022-8443(2004)107[0131:TFROTL]2.0.CO;2
Shimada, K. & Cumbaa, S.L. & Van Rooyen, D. (2004)
Caudal fin of the Late Cretaceous shark, Cretoxyrhina mantelli (Lamniformes: Cretoxyrhinidae) [Abstract]. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 24(Supplement to Number 3), 112A
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2004.10010643
Beeson, E.R. & Shimada, K. (2004)
Vertebrates from a unique bonebed of the Upper Cretaceous Niobrara Chalk, western Kansas [Abstract]. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 24(Supplement to Number 3), 37A
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2004.10010643
Shimada, K. & Everhart, M.J. (2004)
Shark-bitten Xiphactinus audax (Teleostei: Ichthyodectiformes) from the Niobrara Chalk (Upper Cretaceous) of Kansas. Mosasaur, 7, 35–39
Everhart, M.J. & Caggiano, T. & Shimada, K. (2003)
Note on the occurrence of five species of ptychodontid sharks from a single locality in the Smoky Hill Chalk (Late Cretaceous) of western Kansas [Abstract]. Kansas Academy of Science, Abstracts 22: 29
Shimada, K. & Everhart, M.J. (2003)
Ptychodus mammillaris (Elasmobranchii) and Enchodus cf. shumardi (Teleostei) from the Fort Hays Limestone Member of the Niobrara Chalk (Upper Cretaceous) in Ellis County, Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 106(3/4), 171–176
DOI: 10.1660/0022-8443(2003)106[0171:PMEAEC]2.0.CO;2
Hamm, S.A. & Shimada, K. & Everhart, M.J. (2003)
Three uncommon lamniform sharks from the Smoky Hill Chalk (Upper Cretaceous) of western Kansas [Abstract]. Kansas Academy of Science, Abstracts, 22: 30–31
Corrado, C.A. & Wilhelm, D.A. & Shimada, K. & Everhart, M.J. (2003)
A new skeleton of the Late Cretaceous lamniform shark, Cretoxyrhina mantelli from western Kansas [Abstract]. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 23(Supplement to Number 3), 43A
Shimada, K. & Parkin, J.A. & Palermo, J.M. & Schumacher, B.A. (2003)
Late Cretaceous marine vertebrates from the basal Greenhorn Limestone in southeastern Colorado [Abstract]. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 23(Supplement to Number 3), 96A
Shimada, K. & Parkin, J.A. & Palermo, J.M. & Schumacher, B.A. (2003)
Late Cretaceous marine vertebrates from the basal Greenhorn Limestone in southeastern Colorado. Final Project Report(unpublished) submitted to the USDA Forest Service.
Hamm, S.A. & Shimada, K. (2002)
Associated Tooth Set of the Late Cretaceous Lamniform Shark, Scapanorhynchus raphiodon (Mitsukurinidae), from the Niobrara Chalk of Western Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 105(1/2), 18–26
DOI: 10.1660/0022-8443(2002)105[0018:ATSOTL]2.0.CO;2
Shimada, K. (2002)
Teeth of embryos in lamniform sharks (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii). Environmental Biology of Fishes, 63(3), 309–319
DOI: 10.1023/A:1014392211903
Shimada, K. (2002)
Dental homologies in lamniform sharks (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii). Journal of Morphology, 251(1), 38–72
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.1073
Shimada, K. (2002)
Dentition of the modern basking shark, Cetorhinus maximus (Lamniformes: Cetorhinidae), and its paleontological and evolutionary implications. Journal of Fossil Research, 35(1), 1–5
Shimada, K. & Everhart, M.J. & Hooks, G.E. (2002)
Ichthyodectid fish and protostegid turtle bitten by the Late Cretaceous lamniform shark, Cretoxyrhina mantelli [Abstract]. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 22(Supplement to Number 3), 106A
Hanks, D.H. & Shimada, K. (2002)
Vertebrate fossils, including non-avian dinosaur remains and the first shark-bitten bird bone from a Late Cretaceous (Turonian) marine deposit of northeastern South Dakota [Abstract]. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 22(Supplement to Number 3), 62A
Shimada, K. (2002)
The relationship between the tooth size and total body length in the shortfin mako, Isurus oxyrinchus (Lamniformes: Lamnidae). Journal of Fossil Research, 35, 6–9
Parkin, J.A. & Palermo, J.M. & Shimada, K. & Schumacher, B.A. (2002)
Fossil fishes from the lowermost Greenhorn Limestone (Upper Cretaceous: Middle Cenomanian) in southeastern Colorado [Abstract]. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs
Shimada, K. (2002)
The relationship between the tooth size and total body length in the white shark, Carcharodon carcharias (Lamniformes: Lamnidae). Journal of Fossil Research, 35(2), 28–33
Shimada, K. (2001)
Notes on the dentition of the bigeye sandtiger shark, Odontaspis noronhai (Lamniformes: Odontaspididae). Journal of Fossil Research, 34, 15–17
Shimada, K. & Cicimurri, D.J. (2001)
The total length of the late Cretaceous shark, Squalicorax (Anacoracidae) [Abstract]. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 21(Supplement to Number 3), 101A
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2001.10010852
Shimada, K. (2001)
On the concept of heterodonty. Journal of Fossil Research, 34(2), 52–54
Shimada, K. & Hubbell, G. (2001)
Identity of small symmetrical teeth of the Late Cretaceous lamniform shark, Cretoxyrhina mantelli, from western Kansas, U.S.A. Journal of Fossil Research, 34(2), 55–57
Shimada, K. (2000)
Skeletal anatomy of the Late Cretaceous shark, Squalicorax falcatus [Abstract]. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 20(Supplement to Number 3), 69A
Shimada, K. (1999)
Dentitions of lamniform sharks: Homology, phylogeny, and paleontology. PhD dissertation, University of Illinois, Chicago, 486 pp.
Shimada, K. (1999)
Contribution of dental characters to elucidate the phylogeny of lamniform sharks [Abstract]. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 19(Supplement to Number 3), 75A–76A.
Shimada, K. (1998)
Dental homology in macrophagous lamniform sharks [Abstract]. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 18(Supplement to Number 3), 77A
Shimada, K. (1997)
Shark-tooth-bearing coprolite from the Carlile Shale (Upper Cretaceous), Ellis County, Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 100(3/4), 133–138
Shimada, K. (1997)
Paleoecological relationships of the late Cretaceous lamniform shark, Cretoxyrhina mantelli (Agassiz). Journal of Paleontology, 71(5), 926–933
Shimada, K. (1997)
Dentition of the Late Cretaceous Lamniform Shark, Cretoxryrhina mantelli, from the Niobrara Chalk of Kansas. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 17(2), 269–279
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.1997.10010974
Shimada, K. (1997)
Preservation of tooth sets in the fossil record of sharks [Abstract]. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 17(Supplement to Number 3), 75A–76A
Shimada, K. (1997)
Periodic Marker Bands in Vertebral Centra of the Late Cetaceous Lamniform Shark, Cretoxyrhina mantelli (Agassiz). Copeia, 1997(1), 233–235
Shimada, K. (1997)
Stratigraphic Record of the Late Cretaceous Lamniform Shark, Cretoxyrhina mantelli (Agassiz), in Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 100(3/4), 139–149
Shimada, K. (1997)
Skeletal anatomy of the Late Cretaceous lamniform shark, Cretoxyrhina mantelli, from the Niobrara Chalk in Kansas. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 17(4), 642–652
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.1997.10011014
Liggett, G.A. & Bennett, S.C. & Shimada, K. & Huenergarde, J. (1997)
A Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) fauna in Russell County, Kansas [Abstract]. Abstract Kansas Academy of Science, 16: 26
Shimada, K. (1997)
Gigantic lamnoid shark vertebra from the Lower Cretaceous Kiowa Shale of Kansas. Journal of Paleontology, 71(3), 522–524
Shimada, K. (1996)
Gigantic lamniform shark vertebra from the Kiowa Shale (Lower Cretaceous) of Kansas [Abstract]. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 16(Supplement to Number 3), 65A
Shimada, K. (1996)
Selachians from the Fort Hays Limestone Member of the Niobrara Chalk (Upper Cretaceous), Ellis County, Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 99(1/2), 1–15
Everhart, M.J. & Everhart, P.A. & Shimada, K. (1995)
A new specimen of shark bitten mosasaur vertebrae from the Smoky Hill Chalk (Upper Cretaceous) in western Kansas [Abstract]. Abstracts 127th Kansas Academy of Science, Pittsburg, 14: 19
Shimada, K. (1995)
Skeletal anatomy of the Late Cretaceous shark, Cretoxyrhina mantelli [Abstract]. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 15(Supplement to Number 3), 53A
Shimada, K. (1994)
Functional morphology of the dentition of the Late Cretaceous shark, Cretoxyrhina mantelli [Abstract]. Abstracts 126th Kansas Academy of Science, Topeka, 13: 35
Shimada, K. (1994)
Jaws of the Late Cretaceous shark, Squalicorax kaupi, from western Kansas [Abstract]. Journal of Morphology, 220(3), 393
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.1052200311
Shimada, K. (1994)
Scales of the Late Cretaceous shark, Cretoxyrhina mantelli, from western Kansas [Abstract]. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 14(Supplement to Number 3), 46A
Shimada, K. (1994)
Paleobiology of the Late Cretaceous shark, Cretoxyrhina mantelli (Lamniforms: Cretoxyrhinidae) from Kansas. Unpublished M.Sc.Thesis, Fort Hays State University, 169 pp.
Shimada, K. (1994)
Occurrence of Ptychodus whipplei in Kansas and its potential diet [Abstract]. Abstract Kansas Academy of Science, Topeka, 13: 35
Shimada, K. (1993)
Upper Cretaceous elasmobranchs from the Blue Hill Shale Member of the Carlile Shale, western Kansas [Abstract]. Joint meeting, Missouri and Kansas Acad. Sci., Kansas City, 13: 78
Shimada, K. (1993)
Jaws of the Upper Cretaceous shark, Cretoxyrhina mantelli, from western Kansas [Abstract]. Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, 25(6): A–58
Shimada, K. (1993)
Preliminary report on the Upper Cretaceous shark, Cretoxyrhina mantelli, from western Kansas [Abstract]. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 13(Supplement to Number 3), 57A
Shimada, K. (1993)
Upper Cretaceous selachians from the Fort Hays Limestone of the Niobrara Formation in Ellis County, Kansas [Abstract]. Abstract Missouri and Kansas Academies of Science, Kansas City, 13: 78
Shimada, K. & Martin, D.J. (1993)
Upper Cretaceous selachians from the basal Greenhorn Limestone in Russell County, Kansas [Abstract]. Abstract Missouri and Kansas Academies of Science, Kansas City, 13: 78
Shimada, K. (1987)
[Elasmobranchs from the Early Pliocene Naarai Formation, Choshi City, Chiba Prefecture, and from the Middle Miocene Tokigawa Group, Higashimatsuyama City, Saitama Prefecture, Japan]. Thirtieth Japanese Students Science Prize Complete Works, Japan Home Teacher Center, Tokyo: 354–357 [in Japanese]
Shimada, K. (1986)
[Elasmobranchs from the Early Pliocene Naarai Formation, Choshi City, Chiba Prefecture, Japan]. Twenty–ninth Japanese Students Science Prize Complete Works, Japan Home Teacher Center, Tokyo: 357–359 [in Japanese]