Satoshi Utsunomiya | |
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Born | 1969 (age 54–55) |
Nationality | Japan |
Alma mater | Ritsumeikan University (Undergraduate) Kagoshima University (Graduate School) |
Known for | Discoveries of fossils like Satsuma-utsunomiya-ryu, Satsuma-yokuryu, dinosaur remains etc. |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Paleontology |
Institutions | Panasonic Osaka Museum of Natural History (Visiting Researcher) |
Academic advisors | Kei Kizugawa Hideo Nakaya[1] |
Satoshi Utsunomiya (born 1969) is a Japanese fossil collector and science writer.[2] He is an external researcher at the Osaka Museum of Natural History.[3] He is known as the "Salaryman Fossil Hunter".[4]
The plesiosaur (also known as Satsuma-utsunomiya-ryu) was named after the old regional name of the discovery site and the discoverer, Satoshi Utsunomiya. His other discoveries include a spinosaurid tooth fossil[5] and remains of a giant mosasaur.[6]