Awards

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

FY	Laureate	Affiliation
2021	Kenshiro Ogasawara
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
1981	Tatsuro Matsumoto	Kyushu University
1966	Teiichi Kobayashi	The University of Tokyo
	Shoshiro Hanzawa	Tohoku University
1961	Hisakatsu Yabe	Tohoku University

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

FY	Recipient	Affiliation	Contribution
2022	Tatsuya Hirasawa	The University of Tokyo	Studies on evolutionary morphology of vertebrates
2022	Yuta Shiino	Niigata University	Functional and evolutionary morphologic studies of fossil organisms based on fluid mechanics
2021	Azumi Kuroyanagi	Tohoku University	Development of environmental proxies using foraminifers and reconstructions of paleoenvironments
2020	Yasuhiro Iba	Hokkaido University	中生代海洋生物の多様性変動・古生物地理学的研究
2020	Kazuyoshi Moriya	Wasedsa University	白亜紀の古生態学的・古海洋学的研究
2020	Rei Nakashima	Geological Survey of Japan	新生代二枚貝化石の古生態学的・古環境学的研究
2019	Kazuhiko Fujita	University of the Ryukyus	大型有孔虫の生態学的・古環境学的研究
2019	Yoshitaka Yabumoto	Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History and Human History	現生および化石魚類の分類学的研究
2018	Takehisa Tsubamoto	Ehime University	新生代陸棲哺乳類に関する古生物学的研究
2018	Shin-ichi Fujiwara	Nagoya University	脊椎動物の機能形態学的研究
2017	Moriaki Yasuhara	University of Hong Kong	貝形虫の古生態学的・古生物地理学的研究
2017	Takashi Toyofuku	JAMSTEC	底生有孔虫の生体鉱化作用の研究
2016	Takanobu Tsuihiji.	The University of Tokyo	恐竜類を中心とした双弓類爬虫類の比較形態学的研究
2016	Masashi Tsuchiya	JAMSTEC	有孔虫類の分子生物学的研究
2016	Toshihiro Yamada	Kanazawa University	Evolutionary paleobotany integrating molecular biology and fossil taxonomy
2015	Takuya Itaki	National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology	Paleoeceanography based on Quaternary radiolarians
2015	Yoshitsugu Kobayashi	Hokkaido University	Paleobiology of dinosaurs
2015	Shinichi Sano	Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum	Taxonomy and paleoecology of rudist bivalves
2014	Toshifumi Komatsu	Kumamoto University	Mesozoic mollusk paleoecology
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
2012	Gengo Tanaka	JAMSTEC	Functional morphology of the Ostracoda
2012	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
2011	Noritoshi Suzuki	Tohoku University	Taxonomy of the Radiolaria
2011	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
2009	Ren Hirayama	Waseda University	Paleobiology of turtles
2009	Naoki Kohno	National Museum of Nature and Science	Paleobiology of marine mammals
2008	Masanaru Takai	Kyoto University	Paleobiology of primates
2008	Katsumi Ueno	Fukuoka University	Paleobiology of Paleozoic folaminifers and structural geology of East Asia
2007	Makoto Manabe	National Museum of Nature and Science	Paleobiology of Mesozoic reptiles
2006	Hiroshi Kurita	Niigata University	Biostratigraphy of Cenozoic dinoflagellates
2006	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
2005	Kazuyoshi Endo	University of Tsukuba	Molecular biology and biomineralogy of invertebrates
2004	Takao Ubukata	Shizuoka University	Theoretical morphology of bivalves
2004	Ryosuke Motani	University of California, Davis	Paleobiology of ichthyosaurs
2004	Takahiro Kamiya	Kanazawa University	Paleobiology of ostracods
2003	Hiroaki Karasawa	Mizunami Fossil Museum	Taxonomy of crustaceans
2003	Akira Tsukagoshi	Shizuoka University	Evolutionary paleobiology of ostracods
2003	Hiroshi Nishi	Kyushu University	Paleoceanography based on planktonic foraminifers
2002	Harufumi Nishida	Chuo University	Morphological and phylogenetic study of permineralized fossil plants
2001	Yasuo Kondo	Kochi University	Evolutionary paleoecology of bivalves
2001	Nobuhiro Kotake	Chiba University	Paleoecology of ichnofossils
2000	Yoichi Ezaki	Osaka City University	Paleobiology on the origin and evolution of hexacorals
2000	Ritsuo Nomura	Shimane University	Taxonomy of benthic foraminifers based on shell wall structures
2000	Katsuo Sashida	University of Tsukuba	Paleobiology of Paleozoic and Mesozoic radiolarians
1999	Satoshi Chiba	Tohoku University	Evolutionary paleobiology of terrestrial mollusks
1999	Kazutaka Amano	Joetsu University of Education	Taxonomy and paleobiogeography of Cenozoic boreal mollusks
1999	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
1997	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
1994	Takashi Okamoto	Ehime University	アンモナイトの形態形成と理論形態の研究
1994	Kazuhiko Uemura	National Museum of Nature and Science	本邦新第三紀古植物群の研究
1993	Kunio Kaiho	Tohoku University	底生有孔虫による白亜紀・第三紀の古海洋学的研究
1992	Shiro Hasegawa	Tohoku University	新第三紀底生有孔虫の群集生態学的研究
1991	Tomoki Kase喜	National Museum of Nature and Science	中・古生代腹足類の古生物学的研究
1990	Hiroshi Kitazato	Shizuoka University	底生有孔虫の生態・古生態学的研究
1989	Hiromichi Hirano	Waseda University	ジュラ紀・白亜紀アンモナイトの研究
1989	Kazumi Matsuoka	Nagasaki University	新生代渦鞭毛藻の古生物学的研究
1988	Kenshiro Ogasawara	Tohoku University	日本の上部新生界軟体動物化石の研究
1987	Hisatake Okada	Hokkaido University	石灰質ナノプランクトンの生層序学的研究
1986	Akira Yao	Osaka City University	本邦中生代放散虫の分類学的・生層序学的研究
1985	Toshiyuki Yamaguchi	Chiba University	化石・現生フジツボ類の分類学的研究
1984	Minoru Tamura	Kumamoto University	日本および東南アジア産中生代二枚貝類の研究
1984	Akio Omura	Kanazawa University	化石硬組織の同位体地球化学的研究
1984	Tadamichi Oba	Kanazawa University	同位体古生物学的手法による第四紀古環境の解析
1983	Yasumochi Matoba	Tohoku University	新生代底生有孔虫の分類および生態に関する研究
1983	Noriyuki Ikeya	Shizuoka University	新生代貝形虫の分類および生態に関する研究
1982	Tomowo Ozawa	The University of Tokyo	フズリナ類の進化古生物学的研究
1982	Toshio Koike	Yokohama National University	コノドント類の生層序学的研究
1981	Kazushige Tanabe	Kyushu University	白亜紀アンモナイ卜の研究
1981	Kuniteru Matsumaru	Tohoku University	第三紀大型有孔虫の研究
1980	Itaru Koizumi	Tohoku University	上部新生界の珪藻化石による生層序学的研究
1980	Hiroshi Noda	University of Tsukuba	新生代二枚貝類化石の系統分類学的研究
1979	Kojiro Nakaseko	Osaka University	放散虫化石の化石層位学的研究
1979	Kei Mori	Tohoku University	化石層孔虫を中心とする腔腸動物の研究
1978	Toshimasa Tanai	Hokkaido University	新生代古植物の研究
1978	Kunihiro Ishizaki	The University of Tokyo	貝形虫による古環境の多変量解析
1977	Kazuo Asama	National Museum of Nature and Science	中・古生代植物化石の研究
1977	Masamichi Ota	Kitakyushu City Museum	秋吉石灰岩の生相の研究
1976		National Museum of Nature and Science	白亜紀アンモナイトの研究
1976	Tsunemasa Saito	Tohoku University	白亜紀および第三紀の浮遊性有孔虫の研究
1975	Tatsuaki Kimura	Tokyo Gakugei University	日本の中生代フローラの研究
1974	Juichi Yanagida	Kyushu University	上部古生代腕足類の研究
1974	Junji Itoigawa	Nagoya University	中新世瀬戸内地域の軟体動物の古生態学的研究
1973	Kenji Konishi	Kanazawa University	化石硬組織の研究
1973	Hiroshi Ujiie	National Museum of Nature and Science	有孔虫の層位・古生物学的研究
1972	Saburo Kanno	Tokyo University of Education	軟体動物による環太平洋地域新第三系の生層序の研究
1972	Masafumi Murata	Tohoku University	日本，とくに北上山地の上部古生界の生層序の研究
1971	Kiyotaka Chinzei	The University of Tokyo	東北日本第三系の貝化石群集の古生態学的研究
1970	Takashi Hamada	The University of Tokyo	古生代三葉虫及びサンゴの研究
1969	Kiyoshi Takahashi	Tokyo University of Education	花粉・胞子化石の研究
1969	Makoto Kato	Hokkaido University	古生代サンゴ化石の研究
1967	Koichiro Masuda	Miyagi University of Education	日本第三系の貝類化石の研究
1965	Hisayoshi Igo	Tokyo University of Education	古生代の紡錘虫及びコノドントの研究
1964	Yokichi Takayanagi	Tohoku University	日本特に白亜紀有孔虫の研究
1963	Tadashi Sato	The University of Tokyo	本邦ジュラ紀菊石類の研究
1962	Sumio Sakagami	Chiba University	日本の二畳紀こけむし類の研究
1961	Itaru Hayami	Kyushu University	本邦ジュラ紀の斧足類群の研究
1960	Tetsuro Hanai	The University of Tokyo	日本及び満州の化石オス卜ラコーダの分類学的研究
1960	Taro Kanaya	Tohoku University	新生代珪藻の化石層位学的研究
1960	Tamio Kotaka	Tohoku University	日本新生代キリガイダマシ科の研究
1960	Tsugio Shuto	Kyushu University	宮崎層群の古生物学的研究

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

FY	Recipient(s)	Article Title	Citation
2018	Asato, K., Kase, T., Ono, T., Sashida, K. and Agematsu, S.	Morphology, systematics and paleoecology of Shikamaia, aberrant Permian bivalves.	Paleontological Research, vol.21, no.4, p. 358-379.
2017	Motoyama, I., Yamada, Y., Hoshiba, M. and Itaki, T.	Radiolarian assemblages in surface sediments of the Japan Sea	vol.20, no.3, pp.176-206.
2016	Kawagata, S. and Kamihashi, T.	Middle Pleistocene to Holocene upper bathyal benthic foraminifera from IODP Hole U1352B in Canterbury Basin, New Zealand	vol.20 (Supplement), pp.1-85.
	Takagi, H., Moriya, K., Suzuki, A., Kawahata, H. and Hirano, H.	Individual migration pathways of modern planktic foraminifers: Chamber-by-chamber assessment of stable isotopes.	vol.20, no.3, pp.268-284
2015	Utsunomiya, M., Majima, R., Taguchi, K. and Wada, H.	An in situ vesicomyid-dominated cold-seep assemblage from the lowermost Pleistocene Urago Formation, Kazusa Group, forearc basin fill on the northern Miura Peninsula, Pacific side of central Japan.	vol.19, no.1, pp. 1-20.
	Matsuzaki, K.M., Suzuki, N. and Nishi H.	Middle to Upper Pleistocene polycystine radiolarians from Hole 902-C9001C, northwestern Pacific.	vol.19 (Supplement), pp. 1-77.
	Ono, R., Sentoku, A., Masumoto, S. and Ezaki, Y.	Morphological variability in azooxanthellate scleractinian dendrophylliids governed by regular modes of asexual reproduction: A computer simulation approach.	vol.19, no.3, pp.195-203.
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, no.1, pp. 58-68.
	Lengrand, 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, no.3, 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, no.3, pp. 134-149.
2013	Kawabe, S., Shimokawa, T., Miki, H., Okamoto, T., Matsuda, S., Ito, T., Koie, H., Kitagawa, M., Sakai, T., Hosojima, M. and Endo, Y.	Relationship between brain volume and brain width in mammals and birds	Paleontological Research, vol.17, no.3, pp. 282-293.
	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, no.1, pp. 69-90.
	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, no.4, pp. 269-289
2012	Nishida, K., Nakashima, R., Majima, R. and Hikida, Y.	Ontogenetic changes in shell microstructures in the cold seep-associated bivalve, Conchocele bisecta (Bivalvia: Thyasiridae).	Paleontological Research, Vol.15, no.4, pp. 193-212.
	Sentoku, A. and 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, no.3, pp. 252-259.
2011	Isaji, S.	Terrestrial and freshwater pulmonate gastropods from the Early Cretaceous Kuwajima Formation, Tetori Group, Japan.	Paleontological Research, Vol. 14, no.4, pp. 233-243.
	Sano, H., Kuwahara, K., Yao, A. and Agematsu, S.	Panthalassan seamount-associated Permian-Triassic boundary siliceous rocks, Mino terrane, central Japan.	Paleontological Research, Vol. 14, no.4, 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, no. 2, pp. 68-76.
2010	Sato, T., Cheng, Y.N., Wu, X.C. and Li, C.	Osteology of Yunguisaurus Cheng et al., 2006 (Reptilia: Sauropterygia), a Triassic pistosauroid from China	Paleontological Research, vol.14, no.3, pp.179-195.
2009	Tuzino, T., Maeda, H. and Maeda, Y.	Taphonomic processes in diatomaceous laminites of the Pleistocene Shiobara Group (caldera-fil, lacustrine), Northeatern Japan	Paleontological Research vol.13, no.3, pp.213-229.
	Yamada, S. and Keyser, D.	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	Banno, T.	Ecological and taphonomic significance of spatangoid spines: relationship between mode of occurrence and water temperature	Paleontological Research vol.12, no.2, pp.145-157.
	Yamakawa, C., Momohara, A., Nunotani, T. and Midori, M.	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	Shiino, Y. and Suzuki, Y.	Articulatory and musculatory systems in a Permian concavoconvex brachiopod Waagenoconcha imperfecta Prendergast, 1935 (Productida, Brachiopoda)	Paleontological Research vol.11, no.3, pp.265-275.
	Sato, T. and Kamiya, T.	Taxonomy and geographical distribution of recent Xestoleberis species (Cytheroidea, Ostracoda, Crustacea) from Japan	Paleontological Research vol.11, no.2, pp.183-227.
2006	Shimada, C. and Tanimura, Y.	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.
	Ito, Y.	Functional shell morphology in early developmental stages of a boring bivalve Zirfaea subconstricta (Pholadidae)	Paleontological Research vol.9, no.2, pp.189-202.
	Kubota, K.	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	Fuchigami, T. and Sasaki, T.	The shell structure of the recent Patellogastropoda (Mollusca: Gastropoda)	Paleontological Research vol.9, no.2, pp.143-168.
2004	Ishikawa, M., Kase, T. Tsutsui, H. and Tojo, B.	Snails versus hermit crabs: a new interpretation on shellpeeling predation in fossil gastropod assemblages	Paleontological Research vol.8, no.2, pp.99-108.
	Suto, I.	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.
	Hikida, Y., Suzuki, S., Togo, Y. and Ijiri, A.	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	Tanaka, G. and Ikeya, N.	Migration and speciation of the Loxoconcha japonica species group (Ostracoda) in East Asia	Paleontological Research vol.6, no.3, pp.265-284.
	Kitazaki, T. and Majima, R.	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	Suzuki, Y.	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.
	Sakakura, N.	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	Saito, M. and Endo, K.	Molecular phylogeny and morphological evolution of laqueoid brachiopods	Paleontological Research vol.5, no.2, pp.87-100.
2000	Kitazato, H., Tsuchiya, M. and Takahara, K.	Recognition of breeding population in foraminifera: an example using the genus Glabratella	Paleontological Research vol.4, no.1, pp.1-15.
	Hasegawa, T. and Hatsugai, T.	Carbon-isotope stratigraphy and its chronostratigraphic significance for the Cretaceous Yezo Group, Kotanbetsu area, Hokkaido, Japan	Paleontological Research vol.4, no.2, pp.95-105.
	Kano, Y. and Kase, T.	Taxonomic revision of Pisulina (Gastropoda: Neritopsina) from submarine caves in the tropical Indo-Pacific	Paleontological Research vol.4, no.2, pp.107-129.
1999	Tojo, B. and Masuda, F.	Tidal growth patterns and growth curves of the Miocene potamidid gastropod Vicarya yokoyamai	Paleontological Research vol.3, no.3, pp.193-201.
1998	Mizuno, Y.	Conodont faunas across the Mid-Carboniferous boundary in the Hina Limestone, Southwest Japan	Paleontological Research vol.1, no.4, pp.237-259.
	Sugiyama, K. and Anderson, R.O.	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	Ubukata, T.	Mantle kinematics and formation of commarginal shell sculpture in Bivalvia	Paleontological Research vol.1, no.2, pp.132-143.
	Kotake, N.	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	Matsubara, T.	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.
	Kohno, N.	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	Yanagisawa, Y.	Cenozoic diatom genus Bogorovia Jousé: An emended description	Transaction and Proceedings of the Palaeontological Society of Japan, N.S. no.177, pp.21-42.
	Ohana, T.	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.
1994	Nobuhara, T.	The relationship between bathymetric depth and c1imate change and its effect on molluscan faunas of the Kakegawa Group, Central Japan	Transactions and Proceedings of the Palaeontological Society of Japan, New Series， vol. 170，pp.159-185.
1993	Irizuki, T.	Morphology and taxonomy of some Japanese Hemicytherin　Ostracoda - with particular reference to ontogenetic changes of marginal pores	Transactions and Proceedings of the Palaeontological Society of Japan, New Series，vol. 170，pp.186-211.
	Maeda, H.	Dimorphism of Late Cretaceous false-Puzosiine ammonites, Yokoyamaoceras Wright and Matsumoto, 1954 and Neopuzosia Matsumoto, 1954	Transactions and Proceedings of the Palaeontological Society of Japan, New Series， vol.169，pp.97-128.
1992	Sugiyama, K.	Lower and Middle Triassic radiolarians from Mt. Kinkazan, Gifu Prefecture, central Japan	Transactions and Proceedings of the Palaeontological Society of Japan, New Series，vol.167，pp.1180-1223.
1991	Oji, T.	Miocene Isocrinidae (stalked crinoids) from Japan and their biogeographic implication	Transactions and Proceedings of the Palaeontological Society of Japan, New Series，vol.157，pp.412-429.
1990	Chiba, S.	Taxonomy and morphologic diversity of Mandarina (Pulmonata)　in the Bonin Islands	Transactions and Proceedings of the Palaeontological Society of Japan, New Series，vol.155，pp.218-251.
1989	Okamoto, T.	Comparative morphology of Nipponites and Eubostrychoceras (Cretaceous nostoceratids)	Transactions and Proceedings of the Palaeontological Society of Japan, New Series，vol.154，pp.117-139.
1988	Maeda, H.	Taphonomy of ammonites from the Cretaceous Yezo Group in the Tappu area，northwestern Hokkaido, Japan	Transactions and Proceedings of the Palaeontological Society of Japan, New Series，vol.148，pp.285-305.
1987	Matsuoka, K.	Cyst and thecate forms of Pyrophacus steinii (Schiller) Wall et Dale, 1971	Transactions and Proceedings of the Palaeontological Society of Japan, New Series，vol.140，pp.240-262.
1986	Matsui, S.	Recurrent molluscan　associations of the Omma-.Manganji fauna in the Gojome-Oga area， Northeast Honshu	Transactions and Proceedings of the Palaeontological Society of Japan, New Series，vol.140，pp.225-239.
1985	Majima, R.	Intraspecific variation of Glossaulax (Gastropoda: Naticidae) from the Late Cenozoic strata in Central and Southwest Japan	Transactions and Proceedings of the Palaeontological Society of Japan, New Series，vol.138，pp.111-137.
1984	Noda, M.	Notes on the so-called Inoceramus japonicus (Bivalvia) from the Upper Cretaceous of Japan	Transactions and Proceedings of the Palaeontological Society of Japan, New Series, vol. 132，pp.191-219.
1983	Furutani, H.	Middle Palaeozoic Palaeoscenidiidae (Radiolaria) from Mt. Yokokura, Shikoku, Japan. Part 1	Transactions and Proceedings of the Palaeontological Society of Japan, New Series, vol..130, pp. 96-116, pls.21-27.
1981	Kase, T. and Maeda, H.	Early Cretaceous gastropoda from the Choshi district, Chiba Prefecture, Central Japan	Transactions and Proceedings of the Palaeontological Society of Japan, New Series, vol..118, pp.291-324, pls.34-36.
1980	Tashiro, M.	A study of the "pennatae trigoniids" from Japan	Transactions and Proceedings of the Palaeontological Society of Japan, New Series, vol..116, pp.179-222, pls. 25-26.
1979	Yajima, Y.	Quaternary Ostracoda from Kisarazu near Tokyo	Transactions and Proceedings of the Palaeontological Society of Japan, New Series, vol..112, pp.371-409, pls.49-50.
1977	Yamaguchi, T.	Taxonomic studies on some fossil and recent Japanese Balanoidea (Part I) and (Part II)	Transactions and Proceedings of the Palaeontological Society of Japan, New Series, vol..107,108, pp.135-160, 161-201, pls. 19-22, 23-27.
1976	Omura, A.	Thorium and protactinium isotopes in some present-day hermatypic corals and their implications to dating	Transactions and Proceedings of the Palaeontological Society of Japan, New Series, vol.101, pp.271-290.
1975	Yang, S.Y.	Notes on the genus Trigonioides (Bivalvia)	Transactions and Proceedings of the Palaeontological Society of Japan, New Series, vol.95, pp.395-408, pls.54-55.
1974	Tanabe, K.	Evolution and mode of life of Inoceramus (Sphenocermus) naumanni Yokoyama emend., an Upper Cretaceous bivalve	Transactions and Proceedings of the Palaeontological Society of Japan, New Series, vol.92, pp.163-184, pls.27-28.
1973	Hirano, H.	Biostratigraphic study of the Jurassic Toyora Group. Pt. III	Transactions and Proceedings of the Palaeontological Society of Japan, New Series, vol.90, pp.45-71, pls. 9-10.
1971	Masuda, K.	On some Patinopecten from North America	Transactions and Proceedings of the Palaeontological Society of Japan, New Series, vol.83, pp.166-178, pls. 19-21.
1970	Hu, C.H.	The ontogenies of Ponumia obscura (Cochman), N.G. and of Housia canadensis (Walcott) (Trilobita) from the upper Cambrian of the Big Horn Mountains, Wyoming	Transactions and Proceedings of the Palaeontological Society of Japan, New Series, vol.78, pp.253-264, pls.27-28.
1969	Aoki, N.	Benthonic foraminiferal zonation of the Kazusa Group, Boso Peninsula	Transactions and Proceedings of the Palaeontological Society of Japan, New Series, vol.70, pp.238-266, pl. 27.
1968	Ozawa, T.	Pseudofusulinella, a genus of Fusulinacea	Transactions and Proceedings of the Palaeontological Society of Japan, New Series, vol.68, pp.149-173, pls. 14-15.
1967	Chinzei, K. and Iwasaki, Y.	Paleoecology of shallow sea molluscan faunae in the Neogene deposits of Northeast Honshu, Japan	Transactions and Proceedings of the Palaeontological Society of Japan, New Series, vol.67, pp.93-113.
1966	Ujiie, H.	Shell structure of Japanese smaller foraminifera. Part 1, Ammonia tochigiensis (Uchio, 1951); Ditto, Part 2, Pararotalia nipponica (Asano, 1936)	Transactions and Proceedings of the Palaeontological Society of Japan, New Series, vol.60, pp.156-165,pls. 18-19.
1965	Obata, I.	Allometry of Reesidites minimus, Creaceous ammonite species	Transactions and Proceedings of the Palaeontological Society of Japan, New Series, vol.58, pp.39-63, pls.4-5.

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

FY	Recipient(s)	Contribution
2021	Shingo Kishimoto and Hyogo Paleontology Research Group	Contribution to the outreach of paleontology through the activities of the association
2021	Isao Takahashi	Contribution to paleontology by producing fossil replicas
2018	Ken Tsuchiya	Promoting paleontology through accessible book publications and public engagement
2015	Shizuo Shimojima	Active involvement in the search, conservation, and outreach of vertebrate fossils from the Tetori Group
2014	Koji Chuman	Contribution to paleontology by producing fossil replicas
2013	Hayashibara Museum of Natural Sciences	Actively promoting and extending awareness of vertebrate paleontology
2012	Masamichi Ota	Long-term commitment to research and outreach in the Akiyoshi-dai and Kitakyushu regions
2011	Tamiko Ohana	Effective management of the "Friends of Fossils"
2010	Kazuo Kobayashi and Mikasa City	Providing essential support to young paleontologists in Hokkaido for their research activities
2009	Martin Janal	Enhancing the quality of "Paleontological Research" through English proofreading
2009	Yoshiko and Yuzuru Morosawa	Producing fossil replicas for reconstracting fossil vertebrates
2009	Soma and Nakamura Groups Research Association	Outreach of paleontology through the activities of the association
2009	Masatoshi Okura	Development and promotion of vertebrate fossil preparation techniques
2004	Asakura Publishing Co., Ltd.	Publishing books on paleontology
2000	Toshiya Miyauchi	Actively collecting specimens necessary for understanding the natural history of Hokkaido
2000	late Yutaro Kawashita	Actively collecting fossil specimens from the Cretaceous of Hokkaido
2000	Tokai Fossil Society	Outreach of paleontology through the activities of the association
1999	late Katsumi Abe	Conducting ostracod research and dedicated work as a standing committee member responsible for general affairs
1994	Seiko Hayawaka	Valuable assistance in editing and publishing special papers of PSJ
1994	Takeo Ichikawa	Curating paleontological specimens and enhancing the management system for these collections
1994	Etsuo Omura	Crafting fossil replicas to aid in the reconstruction of fossil organisms
1994	Hiromi Maruo	Crafting fossil replicas to aid in the reconstruction of fossil organisms
1994	Takeyoshi Suzuki	Crafting fossil replicas to aid in the reconstruction of fossil organisms
1994	Mizunami Fossil Museum	Promotion and outreach of paleontology
1994	Saito Ho-On-Kai	Promotion and outreach of paleontology
1994	Akiyoshi-dai Museum of Natural History	Promotion and outreach of paleontology