Fukuivenator paradoxus Fukuivenator

"Etymology TBD"

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Fukuivenator 2.5 m (8 ft) long
2 people holding hands
Length
2.5 m (8 ft)
Period
Early Cretaceous (125–115 Mya)
Place
Japan
Food
Carnivore
Clade
Dinosauria

Fukuivenator (“hunter of Fukui Prefecture”) is an extinct genus of maniraptoran theropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous Kitadani Formation of Japan.

What we know

  • Named by Azuma et al., 2016.
  • Body length estimated at about 2.45 m.
  • Fossils found in Japan.