Fukuiraptor

Fukuiraptor
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, 125–115 Ma
Reconstructed skeleton
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Clade: Megaraptora
Genus: Fukuiraptor
Azuma & Currie, 2000
Type species
Fukuiraptor kitadaniensis
Azuma & Currie, 2000

Fukuiraptor ("thief of Fukui") was a medium-sized megaraptoran theropod dinosaur of the Early Cretaceous epoch (either Barremian or Aptian) that lived in what is now Japan.[1] Fukuiraptor is known from the Kitadani Formation[2] and possibly also the Sebayashi Formation.[3]

  1. ^ Azuma, Yoichi; Philip J., Currie (2000). "A new carnosaur (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Lower Cretaceous of Japan" (PDF). Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 37 (12): 1735–1753. Bibcode:2000CaJES..37.1735A. doi:10.1139/e00-064.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference CurrieAzuma-2006 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "A tooth of Fukuiraptor aff. F. kitadaniensis from the Lower Cretaceous Sebayashi Formation, Sanchu Cretaceous, Japan: 東京学芸大学リポジトリ". ir.u-gakugei.ac.jp. Retrieved 9 October 2020.