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sharp-clawed runner
Fukuiraptor
Say it like this: “foo-KOO-ee-RAP-tor”
Fukuiraptor kitadaniensis
Fukuiraptor ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Early Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Japan.
- When
- Early Cretaceous (Hauterivian · Barremian · Aptian) · roughly 132.6 to 113.2 million years ago
- Named in
- 2000 · Azuma, Y.; Currie, P. J.
- Hip height
- 1.2 m · 4 ft
- Length
- 4.2 m · 14 ft
- Weight
- 175–590 kg · 386–1,301 lb
- Found in
- Japan · Kitadani
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Megaraptora
The story in short
The genus Fukuiraptor dates to 2000, the year Y. Azuma and P. J. Currie described it.
Fossils referred to Fukuiraptor date to the Early Cretaceous (Hauterivian · Barremian · Aptian), roughly 132.6 to 113.2 million years ago. Finds come from Japan, including the Kitadani Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Fukuiraptor at a length near 4.2 m, hips about 1.2 m high, and a body mass around 175–590 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Megaraptora, among the theropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Aoniraptor
Aoniraptor libertatem
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian · Turonian) · roughly 100.5 to 89.8 million years ago
Phuwiangvenator
Phuwiangvenator yaemniyomi
Early Cretaceous (Valanginian · Hauterivian) · roughly 137.1 to 125.8 million years ago
Rapator
Rapator ornitholestoides
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) · roughly 100.5 to 93.9 million years ago