Satoshi Utsunomiya

Satoshi Utsunomiya
Born1969 (age 54–55)
 Japan Ehime Prefecture
Nationality Japan
Alma materRitsumeikan University (Undergraduate)
Kagoshima University (Graduate School)
Known forDiscoveries of fossils like Satsuma-utsunomiya-ryu, Satsuma-yokuryu, dinosaur remains etc.
Scientific career
FieldsPaleontology
InstitutionsPanasonic
Osaka Museum of Natural History
(Visiting Researcher)
Academic advisorsKei 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]

Satsuma-utsunomiya-ryu, elasmosaurid he discovered
  1. ^ "Advisors - Hideo Nakaya". GSJ LD - Geological Survey of Japan Linked Data. (GSJ LD). Retrieved 2023-08-11.
  2. ^ "宇都宮 聡（うつのみや さとし）略歴". www.tsukiji-shokan.co.jp. Retrieved 2024-02-15.
  3. ^ 宇都宮, 聡.; ウツノミヤ, サトシ; Utsunomiya, Satoshi (2019-03-31). Visiting Researcher at the Osaka City Natural History Museum. Research Report of the Osaka City Natural History Museum (Thesis). Osaka Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2023-08-11.
  4. ^ "スピノサウルスの歯を見つけた会社員ハンター". 日本経済新聞 (in Japanese). 2019-09-22. Retrieved 2024-02-15.
  5. ^ INC, SANKEI DIGITAL (2019-03-14). "スピノサウルス類の化石発見 西日本初、和歌山". 産経ニュース (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-02-15.
  6. ^ "モササウルスの顎化石発見 国内最大級、大阪で". 日本経済新聞 (in Japanese). 2010-12-18. Retrieved 2024-02-15.