Tomida Yukimitsu (冨田幸光) (born 1950) is a Japanese vertebrate palaeontologist.[2] A student of Shikama Tokio, he did his graduate work at the University of Arizona under Everett H. Lindsay, with mentorship also from George Gaylord Simpson.[2] The curator of Mammalian Palaeontology at the National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo, from 1981 until his retirement in 2015, he has published on a wide range of terrestrial and marine mammals, dinosaurs, pterosaurs, crocodilians, and bird tracks, with a special focus on smaller mammals — lagomorphs and rodents — and on the fossil record of Japan.[2][3] His descriptions and studies of Pliopentalagus spp. have shown their closeness to the Amami rabbit (Pentalagus furnessi).[2] Upon his retirement, Tomida was the honorand of a Festschrift in the journal Historical Biology.[2]
Tomida Yukimitsu 冨田幸光 | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1950[1] |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Occupation | Palaeontologist |
| Employer(s) | National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo (1981–2015) |
References
edit- ^ 富田, 幸光, 1950- [Tomida Yukimitsu (1950–)]. National Diet Library. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
- ^ a b c d e Jacobs, L.L.; et al. (2016). "Contributions to vertebrate palaeontology in honour of Yukimitsu Tomida". Historical Biology. 28 (1–2): 2–5. doi:10.1080/08912963.2015.1049839.
- ^ 冨田幸光「私の研究」 [Tomida Yukimitsu "My Research"] (in Japanese). National Museum of Nature and Science. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
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