Research theme for competitive and other funds (3):
2025 - 2028 A glocal research project synthesizing taxonomy, anatomy and ecology for conservation of two extant Coelacanth species.
2021 - 2022 現生シーラカンスの深海域への適応機構の解明
2020 - 2022 「県の化石」玖珠盆地産淡水魚類化石の分類学的研究
Papers (24):
Shinya Miyata, Yasuhisa Nakajima, Isao Motoyama, Tomohiro Nishimura, Yoshitaka Yabumoto. A first fossil sturgeon from the Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) of Northwestern Pacific. Cretaceous Research. 2026
宮田 真也, 平山 廉. 岩手県久慈市の上部白亜系久慈層群玉川層より産出したカスザメ属(Squatina)の歯化石-A fossil tooth of an angel shark (Squatina) from the Upper Cretaceous Tamagawa Formation (Turonian), Kuji Group, Iwate Prefecture, Northeast Japan. 化石研究会会誌 = Journal of fossil research. 2025. 58. 1・2. 1-10
Kubo Tai, Kodai Usami, Ren Hirayama, Masaya Iijima, Daniela E. Winkler, Ai Ito, Hikaru Uno, Shinya Miyata, Mugino O. Kubo. Crocodyliform remains from the Upper Cretaceous (Turonian) Tamagawa Formation, northeastern Japan with preliminary dietary reconstruction through dental microwear texture analysis. Cretaceous Research. 2025
MIYATA Shinya. Prof. Saburo Oishi:A leading researcher in the study of Mesozoic plant fossils in Japan. Earth Science (Chikyu Kagaku). 2025. 79. 4. 233-238
Shinya Miyata, Shinji Isaji, Kenji Kashiwagi, Hidehiko Asai. The first record of Lower Cretaceous otoliths from the Kimigahama Formation (Barremian) of the Choshi Group, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. Palaeontologia Electronica. 2024. 27. 1. 1-23