Fukuiraptor
Sign in to saveFukuiraptor ("thief of Fukui") is a genus of medium-sized megaraptoran theropod dinosaur of the Early Cretaceous epoch (either Barremian or Aptian) that lived in what is now Japan. Fukuiraptor is known from the Kitadani Formation and possibly also the Sebayashi Formation. Fukuiraptor may have been one of the basalmost members of Megaraptora, or a sister taxon to Australovenator.
Wikidata facts
- Parent taxon
- Megaraptora
- Image
- Fukuiraptor Odaiba 1.jpg
- Length
- 4.2
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- taxon name
- Fukuiraptor
- taxon rank
- genus
- Commons category
- Fukuiraptor
- start time
- 127000000-
- end time
- 115000000-
- time period
- Early Cretaceous
- location of discovery
- Japan
- main food source
- carnivore
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Fukuiraptor ("thief of Fukui") is a genus of medium-sized megaraptoran theropod dinosaur of the Early Cretaceous epoch (either Barremian or Aptian) that lived in what is now Japan. Fukuiraptor is known from the Kitadani Formation and possibly also the Sebayashi Formation. Fukuiraptor may have been one of the basalmost members of Megaraptora, or a sister taxon to Australovenator.
== History ==
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