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Satoshi Utsunomiya

Satoshi Utsunomiya (born 1969) is a Japanese fossil hunter and science writer. He is an adjunct researcher at the Osaka City Museum of Natural History. He is known as the "salaryman fossil hunter".

He has made numerous discoveries, including the Kabunagaryu (Satsuma Utsunomiya Ryu), a dinosaur named after the former country name and the discoverer, as well as the largest theropod dinosaur in Japan and the first Spinosaurus tooth in western Japan, and various giant Mosasaurus specimens.

Brief Biography

Under the guidance of Professor Hideo Nakaya (Kagoshima University at the time) and Professor Tamaki Sato (Kanagawa University), I published a descriptive paper on the Kabunagaryu (Satsuma Utsunomiya Ryu) in 2019. It was clearly identified as the oldest Elasmosauridae specimen in East Asia. Furthermore, during the cleaning process of the Kabunagaryu specimen, a foreign object was discovered in the throat area. In a collaborative research with Associate Professor Yasutoshi Nakajima (Tokyo City University), we announced that it was the world's first pellet fossil of the Kabunagaryu. I have been collaborating with Associate Professor Nakajima not only on pellet fossils but also on excavations, surveys, and research related to Spinosaurus specimens discovered in Wakayama Prefecture, pterosaur fossils (commonly known as Satsuma Winged Dragon) discovered in Kagoshima, and dinosaur bone beds.

I am from Ehime Prefecture. After graduating from Ritsumeikan University in 1992, I joined Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (now Panasonic). While working as a company employee, I continued my hobby of fossil collecting. As a lifelong pursuit, I have been conducting excavation surveys of prehistoric organisms and have discovered numerous large vertebrate fossils throughout Japan. I have made significant discoveries and conducted research on a wide range of Mesozoic vertebrate fossils in Japan, including the Kabunagaryu, which is named after myself, as well as various dinosaurs (carnivorous, piscivorous, and herbivorous), Mosasaurus specimens, and pterosaurs.

Major Discoveries

• Discovery of Satsuma Utsunomiya Ryu, the oldest Elasmosauridae long-necked dinosaur in East Asia (Kagoshima, 2004)
• Discovery of a new species of coral fossil, Shiringopora Utsunomiyae, one of the oldest in Japan (Miyazaki, 2005)
• Discovery of fossilized teeth of one of the largest carnivorous dinosaurs in Japan (Ishikawa, 2008)
• Discovery of herbivorous dinosaur fossils belonging to the Iguanodon family (Kagoshima, 2009)
• Discovery of the largest Mosasaur skull fossil in Japan (Osaka, 2010)
• Discovery of ancient shark Lissodus, the first found in Japan (Ehime, 2010)
• Discovery of the first Spinosaurus subfamily fossil in Japan (Wakayama, 2018)
• Discovery of the first pterosaur fossil in Kagoshima Prefecture (commonly known as Satsuma Winged Dragon, 2020)
• Discovery of the world's first pellet fossil of the Kabunagaryu (Kagoshima, 2021)
• Discovery of a dinosaur bone bed (Kagoshima, 2021)

Past Major Lecture and Discussion Achievements

• 2009: "Fossils are Fun: The Story of the Excavation of the Kabunagaryu and Hakusan Giant Theropod" at the Ishi Fushigi Daikakken Exhibition Osaka Show, Tenma OMM Hall
• 2019: "The Secret Story of the Discovery of the Spinosaurus in Wakayama" at the Ishi Fushigi Daikakken Exhibition Kyoto Show, Miyakomesse Hall
• 2019: "Dinosaur Excavations in Japan" at the Great Dinosaur Exhibition in Namba - Reviving the Absolute Ruler of the Earth, Namba Sky O Hall

References

Books

Co-authored

"Extinct Prehistoric Creatures in Japan Exhibition": Collaboration Exhibition featuring the Utsumiya Satoshi Collection & Kawasaki Goji (Illustrations): Osaka University Museum of Natural Sciences, 2013

Newspaper Serial

• 2022: "Actually, a Dinosaur Kingdom! Kagoshima Prefecture"

External Links

Category:1969 births Category:Kagoshima University alumni Category:Ritsumeikan University alumni Category:People from Ehime Prefecture Category:Researchers 山登 太郎 (talk) 06:24, 1 September 2023 (UTC)