Fukuititan Fukuititan

"giant from Fukui prefecture"

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Fukuititan 16 m (53 ft) long
10 people holding hands
Length
16 m (53 ft)
Period
Early Cretaceous (127–115 Mya)
Place
Japan
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Dinosauria

Fukuititan (meaning “giant from Fukui prefecture”) is a genus of sauropod dinosaur that lived during the Early Cretaceous (either Barremian or Aptian age) in the Kitadani Formation in what is now Japan. The genus contains a single species, Fukuititan nipponensis. The discovery of Fukuititan shed light on Japanese titanosauriforms, which are generally very poorly-known.

What we know

  • Named by Azuma & Shibata, 2010.
  • Body length estimated at about 16.1 m.
  • Fossils found in Japan.