PUBLICATIONS
Peer Reviewed Articles (*graduate/**undergraduate student author)
28) Konishi, T., M. Ohara, A. Misaki, H. Matsuoka, H. P. Street, and M. W. Caldwell. 2023. A new derived mosasaurine (Squamata: Mosasauridae) from south-western Japan reveals unexpected postcranial diversity among hydropedal mosasaurs. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 21: 2277921 (28 pages). DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2023.2277921.
27) **Willman, A. J., T. Konishi, and M. W. Caldwell. 2021. A new species of Ectenosaurus (Mosasauridae: Plioplatecarpinae) from western Kansas, U.S.A. reveals a novel suite of osteological characters for the genus. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 58:741–755.
26) Palci, A., T. Konishi, and M. W. Caldwell. 2021. A comprehensive review of the morphological diversity of the quadrate bone in mosasauroids (Squamata: Mosasauroidea), with comments on the homology of the infrastapedial process. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 40: e1879101 (11 pages). DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2021.1879101.
25) Strong, C. R. C., M. W. Caldwell, T. Konishi, and A. Palci. 2020. A new species of longirostrine plioplatecarpine mosasaur (Squamata: Mosasauridae) from the Late Cretaceous of Morocco, with a re-evaluation of the problematic taxon 'Platecarpus' ptychodon. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 18:1769–1804.
24) Palci, A., M. W. Caldwell, M. N. Hutchinson, T. Konishi, and M. S. Y. Lee. 2020. The morphological diversity of the quadrate bone in squamate reptiles as revealed by high-resolution computed tomography and geometric morphometrics. Journal of Anatomy 236:210–227.
23) Konishi, T., P. Jiménez-Huidobro, and M. W. Caldwell. 2018. The smallest-known neonate individual of Tylosaurus (Mosasauridae, Tylosaurinae) sheds new light on the tylosaurine rostrum and heterochrony. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 38: e1510835 (11 pages). DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2018.1510835.
22) Sato, T., T. Konishi, T. Nishimura, and T. Yoshimura. 2018. A basal mosasauroid from the Campanian (Upper Cretaceous) of Hokkaido, northern Japan. Paleontological Research 22:156–166.
21) Cook, T. D., E. Brown, P. E. Ralrick, and T. Konishi. 2017. A late Campanian euselachian assemblage from the Bearpaw Formation of Alberta, Canada: some notable range extensions. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 54:973–980.
20) Konishi, T., M. W. Caldwell, T. Nishimura, K. Sakurai, and K. Tanoue. 2016. A new halisaurine mosasaur (Squamata: Halisaurinae) from Japan: the first record in the western Pacific realm and the first documented insights into binocular vision in mosasaurs. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 14:809–839.
19) Konishi, T. 2015. Redescription of UALVP 40, an unusual specimen of Chasmosaurus Lambe, 1914 (Ceratopsidae: Chasmosaurinae) bearing long postorbital horns, and its implications for ontogeny and alpha taxonomy of the genus. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 52: 608–619.
18) Newbrey, M. G., and T. Konishi. 2015. A new lizardfish (Teleostei: Aulopiformes) from the Late Cretaceous Bearpaw Formation of Alberta, Canada, with a revised diagnosis of Apateodus (Aulopiformes, Ichthyotringoidei). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 35: e918042 (19 pages). DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2014.918042.
17) *Yamashita, M., T. Konishi, and T. Sato. 2015. Sclerotic rings in mosasaurs (Squamata: Mosasauridae): structures and taxonomic diversity. PLOS ONE 10(2): e0117079 (16 pages). DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0117079.
16) Konishi, T., M. G. Newbrey, and M. W. Caldwell. 2014. A small, exquisitely preserved specimen of Mosasaurus missouriensis (Squamata: Mosasauridae) from the upper Campanian of the Bearpaw Formation, western Canada, and the first stomach contents for the genus. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34:802‒819.
15) Ohara, M., T. Konishi, A. Misaki, and H. Matsuoka. 2013. The frontiers of mosasaur research in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan [in Japanese]. Journal of Fossil Research 46:15–19.
14) Konishi, T., J. Lindgren, M. W. Caldwell, and L. Chiappe. 2012. Platecarpus tymaniticus (Squamata: Mosasauridae): osteology of an exceptionally preserved specimen and its insights into the acquisition of a streamlined body shape in mosasaurs. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32:1313–1327.
13) Sato, T., T. Konishi, R. Hirayama, and M. W. Caldwell. 2012. A review of the Upper Cretaceous marine reptiles from Japan. Cretaceous Research 37:319–340.
12) Konishi, T. 2012. The northernmost occurrence of Prognathodon (Squamata: Mosasauridae) from the Western Interior Seaway of North America. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 49:1111–1115.
11) Konishi, T., M. Tanimoto, S. Utsunomiya, M. Sato, and K. Watanabe. 2012. A large mosasaurine (Squamata: Mosasauridae) from the latest Cretaceous of Osaka Prefecture (SW Japan). Paleontological Research 16:79–87.
10) Konishi, T., D. Brinkman, J. A. Massare, and M. W. Caldwell. 2011. New exceptional specimens of Prognathodon overtoni (Squamata: Mosaauridae) from the upper Campanian of Alberta. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31:1026–1046.
9) Konishi, T., and M. W. Caldwell. 2011. Two new plioplatecarpine (Squamata: Mosasauridae) genera from the Upper Cretaceous of North America, and a global phylogenetic analysis of plioplatecarpines. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31:754–783.
8) Konishi, T., M. W. Caldwell, and G. L. Bell, Jr. 2010. Redescription of the holotype of Platecarpus tympaniticus Cope, 1869 (Mosasauridae: Plioplatecarpinae), and its implications for the alpha taxonomy of the genus. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30:1410–1421.
7) Lindgren, J., M. W. Caldwell, T. Konishi, and L. M. Chiappe. 2010. Convergent evolution in aquatic tetrapods: insights from an exceptional fossil mosasaur. PLOS ONE 5(8): e11998 (10 pages). DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0011998.
6) Konishi, T., and M. W. Caldwell. 2009. New material of the mosasaur Plioplatecarpus nichollsae Cuthbertson et al., 2007, clarifies problematic features of the holotype specimen. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29:417–436.
5) Konishi, T. 2008. A new specimen of Selmasaurus sp., cf. S. russelli (Mosasauridae: Plioplatecarpini) from Greene County, western Alabama, USA; pp. 95–105 in M. J. Everhart (ed.), Proceedings of the Second Mosasaur Meeting. Fort Hays Studies Special Issue 3.
4) Konishi, T. 2008. Southernmost occurrence of Platecarpus planifrons (Squamata: Mosasauridae) from the Tombigbee Sand Member (middle Santonian) of Alabama, USA, and a revised biostratigraphy of the genus; pp. 106–114 in M. J. Everhart (ed.), Proceedings of the Second Mosasaur Meeting. Fort Hays Studies Special Issue 3.
3) Caldwell, M. W., T. Konishi, I. Obata, and K. Muramoto. 2008. A new species of Taniwhasaurus (Mosasauridae, Tylosaurinae) from the upper Santonian–lower Campanian (Upper Cretaceous) of Hokkaido, Japan. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28:339–348.
2) Caldwell, M. W. and T. Konishi. 2007. Taxonomic re-assignment of the first known mosasaur specimen from Japan, and a discussion of circum-Pacific mosasaur paleobiogeography. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27:517–520.
1) Konishi, T. and M. W. Caldwell. 2007. New specimens of Platecarpus planifrons (Cope, 1874) (Squamata: Mosasauridae) and a revised taxonomy of the genus. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27:59–72.
Abstracts Published (*presenter; student author)
49) *Konishi, T., M. Ohara, A. Misaki, H. Matsuoka, H. P. Street, and M. W. Caldwell. 2023. A new derived mosasaurine (Squamata: Mosasauridae) from southwestern Japan reveals unexpected postcranial diversity among flipper-bearing mosasaurs. 83rd Annual Meeting SVP 2023 Program Guide: 251-252 [Oral].
48) Reisinger, W., *T. Konishi, and M. W. Caldwell. 2023. Evolution of the postcranial axial skeleton in highly derived mosasaurs (Squamata: Mosasauridae), inferred from plioplatecarpine taxa. 8th International Meeting on Mesozoic Fishes and Aquatic Tetrapods: 49 [Oral].
47) *Konishi, T., M. Ohara, A. Misaki, H. Matsuoka, and H. P. Street. 2020. A new mosasaurine (Squamata: Mosasauridae) from western Japan with unexpected postcranial morphology. Meeting Program and Abstracts, The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology 80th Annual Meeting ꞏ Virtual 2020: 208–209 [Oral].
46) *Willman, A. J., and T. Konishi. 2019. A new specimen of mosasaur (Squamata: Mosasauridae) from Logan County, western Kansas, U.S.A. reveals a never before seen suite of cranial characters for the family. 6th Triennial Mosasaur and Marine Reptiles Meeting: 32 [Oral].
45) *Grigoriev, D., T. Konishi, and M. C. Mekarski. 2019. “Toothless” rulers of Cretaceous seas. 6th Triennial Mosasaur and Marine Reptiles Meeting: 16 [Oral].
44) *Garvey, S., and T. Konishi. 2019. A new high-latitude specimen of Tylosaurus (Squamata: Mosasauridae) and its implications for Tylosaurus paleobiogeography in the Late Cretaceous Western Interior Seaway. 6th Triennial Mosasaur and Marine Reptiles Meeting: 13 [Oral].
43) *Konishi, T., P. Jiménez-Huidobro, and M. W. Caldwell. 2018. Not just small: the smallest-known neonatal individual of Tylosaurus (Mosasauridae, Tylosaurinae) sheds new light on ontogeny and evolution of the tylosaurine rostrum. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 38 (6, Supplement): 161 [Poster].
42) *Garvey, S. T., and T. Konishi. 2018. Unusual dentition in the northernmost specimen of Tylosaurus (Squamata, Mosasauridae) suggests adaptation for piscivory. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 38 (6, Supplement):132 [Poster].
41) *Garvey, S. T., and T. Konishi. 2018. Unusual dentition in the first unequivocal tylosaurine mosasaur (Squamata: Mosasauridae) from above 60oN paleolatitude. Canadian Society of Vertebrate Palaeontology 2018 Abstracts: 25 [Oral].
40) *Garvey, S. T., and T. Konishi. 2017. The northernmost occurrence of a large tylosaurine mosasaur (Squamata: Mosasauridae). TREE 2017 Abstract Booklet:16 [Poster].
39) *Paparella, I., T. Konishi, and M. W. Caldwell. 2017. Revised homologies of the ilium in mosasauroids—Insights on the plesiopelvic-hydropelvic evolutionary transition. Canadian Society of Vertebrate Palaeontology 2017 Abstracts:37–38 [Oral].
38) *Konishi, T., and D. Brinkman. 2016. Non-lethal face biting between mosasaurs (Squamata: Mosasauridae): the first unequivocal evidence from an exceptional skeleton of Mosasaurus sp. from southern Alberta, Canada. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 36 (6, Supplement):168 [Oral].
37) *Brown, E., T. D. Cook, and T. Konishi. 2016. A late Campanian euselachian assemblage from the upper Campanian Bearpaw Formation of southern Alberta, Canada. Canadian Society of Vertebrate Palaeontology 4th Annual Meeting, Abstracts, Program, Schedule of Events:23−24 [Poster].
36) *Tanimoto, M., T. Shinzyo, M. Sato, H. Hamazuka, and T. Konishi. 2016. A potential halisaurine (Mosasauridae: Halisaurinae) tooth from the Izumi Group of southwest Japan. 5th Triennial Mosasaur Meeting, Program and Abstracts:45–46 [Oral].
35) Yamashita, M., *T. Konishi, and M. J. Everhart. 2015. Utility of sclerotic rings in mosasaur phylogeny and beyond: new insights from the subfamily Mosasaurinae. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 35 (6, Supplement):242 [Poster].
34) *Konishi, T. 2015. A mosasaur (Squamata: Mosasauridae) sneeze: a hypothesis concerning salt excretion in the top predators of the Cretaceous seas. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 35 (6, Supplement):157 [Oral].
33) *Konishi, T., M. W. Caldwell, T. Nishimura, K. Sakurai, and K. Tanoue. 2015. A first mosasaur (Mosasauridae: Halisaurinae) with well-developed binocular vision. Canadian Society of Vertebrate Palaeontology 3rd Annual Meeting, Abstracts:23 [Oral].
32) *Konishi, T., M. G. Newbrey, and M. W. Caldwell. 2013. Who gets to eat what: niche partitioning between phylogenetically closely related but morphologically disparate mosasaurs (Mosasauridae: Mosasaurinae), Mosasaurus missouriensis and Prognathodon overtoni, based on new material from the upper Campanian Bearpaw Formation, Alberta, Canada. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33 (6, Supplement):156 [Oral].
31) Street, H. P., M. W. Caldwell, and T. Konishi. 2013. Mosasaurus lemonnieri Dollo, 1889: a distinct and diagnosable taxon of mosasaurine mosasaur. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33 (6, Supplement):220–221 [Poster].
30) *Konishi, T. 2013. Perforations on ammonite shells: new insights into the potential ammonite feeding in mosasaurs (Squamata: Mosasauridae) based on vertebrate evidence from the Bearpaw Formation of Alberta, Canada. Canadian Paleontology Conference Proceedings 11:36 [Oral].
29) *Konishi, T., M. W. Caldwell, T. Nishimura, K. Sakurai, and K. Tanoue. 2013. A new halisaurine (Mosasauridae: Halisaurinae) material from northern Japan. 4th Triennial International Mosasaur Meeting, Program and Abstracts:25–26 [Oral].
28) *Konishi, T., M. Ohara, A. Misaki, and H. Matsuoka. 2013. A new mosasaurine (Squamata: Mosasauridae) from the latest Campanian Hasegawa Muddy Sandstone Member, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan: a preliminary report. 4th Triennial International Mosasaur Meeting, Program and Abstracts:26–27 [Oral].
27) *Lindgren, J., M. J. Polcyn, H. F. Kaddumi, T. Konishi, and M. W. Caldwell. 2013. Soft tissue replacement structures—a window to the biology and evolution of mosasaurs. 4th Triennial International Mosasaur Meeting, Program and Abstracts:29–30 [Oral].
26) *Konishi, T. 2012. A new reconstruction of the hip in hydropedal mosasaurs (Squamata, Mosasauridae): from attached to detached. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32 (6, Supplement):123 [Oral].
25) *Konishi, T., D. Brinkman, J. Massare, and M. Caldwell. 2011. Two new specimens of an enigmatic mosasaur (Squamata) Prognathodon overtoni from the upper Campanian of southern Alberta, Canada with gut contents. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31(6, Supplement):138 [Oral].
24) *Sato, T., T. Konishi, R. Hirayama, and M. Caldwell. 2011. A review of the Cretaceous marine reptiles from Japan. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31(6, Supplement):187 [Poster].
23) *Konishi, T. 2010. To tilt or not to tilt? A new way of orienting quadrates in plioplatecarpines (Squamata: Mosasauridae), and its implications for streptostyly in these mosasaurs. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30(3, Supplement):117A [Poster].
22) *Konishi, T., M. Tanimoto, M. W. Caldwell, and Y. Kanazawa. 2010. Re-examination of a small mosasaur specimen from the upper Campanian Izumi Group, western Japan. Third Mosasaur Meeting, Abstracts:10 [Oral].
21) *Konishi, T., D. Brinkman, and M. W. Caldwell. 2010. New morphological data on Prognathodon (Squamata: Mosasauridae) from the Campanian of North America, and its bearing on the systematics of the genus. Third Mosasaur Meeting, Abstracts:11 [Oral].
20) *Lindgren, J., M. W. Caldwell, T. Konishi, and L. M. Chiappe. 2010. Exceptional soft tissue preservation in a Platecarpus specimen from the Niobrara Chalk of Kansas, USA. Third Mosasaur Meeting, Abstracts:13 [Oral].
19) *Konishi, T., and M. W. Caldwell. 2009. Long before Columbus: palaeobiogeography of plioplatecarpine mosasaurs (Squamata: Mosasauridae) across the North Atlantic Basin, inferred from the global plioplatecarpine phylogeny. International Conference on Vertebrate Palaeobiogeography, Abstracts Book:49 [Oral].
18) *Konishi, T. 2009. New insight into global phylogeny of Plioplatecarpini (Squamata: Mosasauridae). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29(3, Supplement):128A [Oral].
17) *Caldwell, M. W., N. Bardet, G. Bell, A. LeBlanc, T. Konishi, A. Schulp, and M. Polcyn. 2009. From the Turonian to the Maastrichtian: the mosasaurian lizards of Morocco. 1st International Congress on North African Vertebrate Palaeontology, Program & Abstracts:29 [Oral].
16) *Konishi, T. 2008. Systematics of plioplatecarpine mosasaurs (Mosasauridae: Plioplatecarpini). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28(3, Supplement):102A [Poster].
15) Konishi, T., and *M. W. Caldwell. 2008. The oldest known Taniwhasaurus and the problem of mosasaurid endemism. III Congreso Latinoamericano de Paleontología de Vertebrados, Actas de Resúmenes:131 [Oral].
14) *Konishi, T., M. W. Caldwell, I. Obata, and K. Muramoto. 2008. The tylosaurine mosasaurs of Japan—the oldest known Taniwhasaurus, biogeography and the problem of endemism. Fifth Conference on Secondary Adaptation of Tetrapods to Life in Water, Abstracts:36 [Oral].
13) *Konishi, T. and M. Caldwell. 2007. Ecological and evolutionary implications of ontogenetic changes in the marginal dentition of Tylosaurus proriger (Squamata: Mosasauridae). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27(3, Supplement):101A [Poster].
12) *Motani, R., R. Hirayama, T. Sato, T. Konishi, and I. Montanez. 2007. Generic diversity of marine reptiles through the Mesozoic and sea level changes. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27(3, Supplement):121A [Oral].
11) *Caldwell, M. W., T. Konishi, A. Dutchak, G. Bell Jr., and J. Lamb. 2007. Impedance matching to underwater hearing. Second Mosasaur Meeting, Abstract Booklet and Field Guide:15 [Oral].
10) *Konishi, T. 2007. Ontogenetic changes in the marginal dentition of Tylosaurus proriger (Squamata: Mosasauridae): ecological and evolutionary implications. Second Mosasaur Meeting, Abstract Booklet and Field Guide:22 [Oral].
9) *Konishi, T. 2007. A new specimen of Selmasaurus sp., cf. S. russelli (Mosasauridae: Plioplatecarpinae) from Greene County, western Alabama, USA. Second Mosasaur Meeting, Abstract Booklet and Field Guide:23 [Poster].
8) *Konishi, T. 2007. Southernmost occurrence of Platecarpus planifrons (Squamata: Mosasauridae) from the Tombigbee Sand Member (ca. middle Santonian) of Alabama, USA. Second Mosasaur Meeting, Abstract Booklet and Field Guide:24 [Oral].
7) *Konishi, T. and M. W. Caldwell. 2006. Re-diagnosis of Platecarpus planifrons (Cope, 1874) (Squamata: Mosasauridae) and a revised taxonomy of the genus. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26(3, Supplement):87A [Oral].
6) *Konishi, T. 2006. One of the best specimens of Platecarpus (Squamata: Mosasauridae) re-diagnoses one of the rarest species of the genus, P. planifrons Cope, 1874. Canadian Society of Zoologists Bulletin 37(2):16–17 [Oral].
5) *Konishi, T. and M. W. Caldwell. 2006. A revised taxonomy of Genus Platecarpus (Squamata: Mosasauridae) from North America, using new cranial material. Alberta Palaeontological Society 10th Annual Symposium, Abstracts:22 [Poster].
4) *Konishi, T. 2005. Solving taxonomy of Platecarpus (Squamata: Mosasauridae) in North America, using new specimens from the lower part of the Smoky Hill Chalk Member (Upper Coniacian–Lower Santonian), near Utica, Kansas, U.S.A. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25(3, Supplement):79A [Poster].
3) *Caldwell, M. W., A. Dutchak, and T. Konishi. 2005. Middle ear anatomy in Upper Cretaceous mosasaurs (Squamata): from impedance matching to underwater hearing. Cranbrook Institute of Science Miscellaneous Publications 1:14 [Oral].
2) *Konishi, T. 2004. Redescription of UALVP 40, a small chasmosaur dinosaur, with additional material, and its implications to Canadian chasmosaur systematics. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 24(3, Supplement):80A [Poster].
1) *Konishi, T. 2003. Re-evaluation of species assignments to Poebrotherium (Camelidae), from an ontogenetic point of view. Canadian Paleontology Conference Proceedings 1:23 [Oral].