Fukuisaurus tetoriensis
"Fukui (Fortunate) lizard"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Fukuisaurus 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
- Length
- 5 m (16.4 ft)
- Period
- Early Cretaceous (145–100 Mya)
- Place
- Japan
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Dinosauria The clade containing all dinosaurs, terrestrial archosaurs with upright limbs.
Fukuisaurus (meaning “Fukui (Fortunate) lizard”) is a genus of herbivorous ornithopod dinosaur that lived during the Early Cretaceous in what is now Japan. The type species is F. tetoriensis, which was named and described in 2003.
What we know
- Named by Kobayashi & Azuma, 2003.
- Fossils found in Japan.
What we guess
The reconstruction notes for Fukuisaurus — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.