Shinya Miyata. Oishi Fossil Gallery of Mizuta Memorial Museum Josai University Educational Corporation, 2-3-20 Hirakawa-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0093, Japan and Faculty of Science, Josai University 1-1 Keyakidai Sakado, Saitama 350-0295, Japan.
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Shinya Miyata graduated from the Department of Earth Sciences, School of Education, Waseda University, and received a Ph.D. from the Department of Earth Sciences, Resources and Environmental Engineering, School of Creative Science and Engineering, Waseda University.
Since 2016, Shinya has been working as curator at the Oishi Fossil Gallery of Mizuta Memorial Museum Josai University Educational Corporation (Tokyo).
He held an additional post at the same university in April 2022 and has been working as assistant professor at the Factory of Science. His research focuses on the taxonomy of fossil fishes from Eastern Asia.
Shinji Isaji. Natural History Museum and Institute, Chiba, 955-2 Aoba-cho, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8682, Japan. isaji@chiba-muse.or.jp
Shinji Isaji graduated from the Geological Institute, Faculty of Education, Yokohama National University, and earned a Ph.D. from the Geological Institute, The University of Tokyo. Since 1996, Shinji Isaji has worked as a curator at the Natural History Museum and Institute, Chiba. His research is centered on the taxonomy and paleoecology of mollusks, with a particular emphasis on the molluscan fossil fauna of the Boso Peninsula, Chiba Prefecture, Japan.
Kenji Kashiwagi.Department of Natural and Environmental Sciences, School of Science,University of Toyama, 3190 Gofuku, Toyama 930-855, Japan. kasiwagi@sci.u-toyama.ac.jp
Kenji Kashiwagi graduated from the Department of Geosciences, Faculty of Science, Osaka City University, and received a Ph.D. from the Graduate School of Science and Faculty of Science, Osaka City University. Since 2005, he has been an associate professor at the Faculty of Science, University of Toyama. His research focuses primarily on Paleozoic and Mesozoic radiolarians. Additionally, he has conducted studies on mammal and land snail fossils recovered within limestone caves.
Hidehiko Asai.Chiba. Prefectural Sanbu Regional Branch Office, 1-11, Higasishinshuku, Togane, Chiba 283-0006, Japan. h.asi2@pref.chiba.lg.jp
Hidehiko Asai has been employed by Chiba Prefecture since 1989 and held the position of Curator at the Natural History Museum and Institute, Chiba, from 2006 to 2010. His research is centered on the Lower Cretaceous ammonite fauna and biostratigraphy.
