Shikama Tokio

Shikama Tokio
鹿間時夫
Born1912
Died1978
NationalityJapanese
OccupationPalaeontologist
In this Japanese name, the surname is Shikama.

Shikama Tokio (鹿間時夫) (1912–1978) was a Japanese vertebrate palaeontologist.[1] Considered the leading Japanese figure in the field in the immediate pre- and post-war years,[2] species he described include Yabe's giant deer (Sinomegaceros yabei).[3]

  1. ^ 鹿間時夫 [Shikama Tokio] (in Japanese). Tōhoku University Museum. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  2. ^ Jacobs, L.L.; et al. (2016). "Contributions to vertebrate palaeontology in honour of Yukimitsu Tomida". Historical Biology. 28 (1–2): 2. doi:10.1080/08912963.2015.1049839.
  3. ^ Shikama Tokio (1938). "Discovery of a giant fallow deer from the Pleistocene in Japan". Japanese Journal of Geology and Geography. 16: 115–122.