Genus
Valid Extinct

Fukuiraptor

Azuma and Currie 2000
Etymology Voleur de Fukui

Fukuiraptor is a genus of medium-sized megaraptoran theropod dinosaur of the Early Cretaceous epoch 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.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
2
Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore Ground dwelling, solitary Terrestrial
Fukuiraptor
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Theropoda Unranked clade
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Neotheropoda Unranked clade
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Averostra Unranked clade
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Tetanurae Unranked clade
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Allosauroidea Superfamily
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Neovenatoridae Family
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Fukuiraptor Genus
Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇯🇵 Japan
2
Geological formations
Sebayashi
1
Kitadani
1
Temporal distribution
Aptian (121.4–113.2 Ma)
1
Hauterivian (132.6–125.77 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Fukuiraptor kitadaniensis 133 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
Y. Azuma and P. J. Currie. 2000. A new carnosaur (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Lower Cretaceous of Japan. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 37:1735-1753 DOI ↗
Bibliography (2)
R. E. Molnar, I. Obata, and M. Tanimoto, M. Matsukawa. 2009. A tooth of Fukuiraptor aff. F. kitadaniensis from the Lower Cretaceous Sebayashi Formation, Sanchu Cretaceous, Japan. Bulletin of Tokyo Gakugei University, Division of Natural Sciences 61:105-117
Y. Azuma and P. J. Currie. 2000. A new carnosaur (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Lower Cretaceous of Japan. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 37:1735-1753 DOI ↗