@article{oai:hirosaki.repo.nii.ac.jp:00002357, author = {鎌田, 耕太郎}, issue = {101}, journal = {弘前大学教育学部紀要}, month = {Mar}, note = {application/pdf, Niels Stensen (Steno) is known as a founder of the law of superposition and is also known as recognizing that Glossopetrae originated in fossilized shark's teeth in the seventeenth century. When Stensen dissected a head of a gigantic shark Carcalodon in Firenze, Italy, he noticed that the shark's teeth were very similar to Glossopetrae which were found in Malta. His work on shark dissection revealed the origin of fossils in rock. Various descriptions have been written about the process he underwent from his observation and dissection of the shark's head to the completion of his dissertation on geological aspects of fossilization. It is very important to describe the historical episode to cite original references. The Japanese translations of Steno's biography, The Seashell on the Mountaintop (Cutler, 2003) and Yamada's( 2004) Japanese translation of Prodromus (Steno, 1669) provide suitable information about Steno's exact and detailed academic achievements., 弘前大学教育学部紀要. 101, 2009, p.55-59}, pages = {55--59}, title = {ステノが舌石をサメの歯の化石と認めた経緯に関する覚書}, year = {2009} }