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beaked plant-eater
Fukuisaurus
Say it like this: “foo-koo-I-sore-us”
Fukuisaurus tetoriensis
Fukuisaurus ate plants and walked on two or four legs. It lived in the Early Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Japan.
- When
- Early Cretaceous (Aptian) · roughly 121.4 to 113.2 million years ago
- Named in
- 2003 · Kobayashi, Y.; Azuma, Y.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 4.5 m · 15 ft
- Weight
- 400 kg · 882 lb
- Found in
- Japan · Kitadani
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Two or four legs
- Kind
- beaked plant-eater · Ornithopod
- Family branch
- Hadrosauriformes
The story in short
In 2003, Y. Kobayashi and Y. Azuma published the name Fukuisaurus. The name means “fortunate Well.”
It lived in the Early Cretaceous (Aptian), roughly 121.4 to 113.2 million years ago. Finds come from Japan, including the Kitadani Formation. It was a herbivore and could move on two or four legs.
Published estimates put Fukuisaurus at a length near 4.5 m and a body mass around 400 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Hadrosauriformes, among the ornithopod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Barilium
Barilium dawsoni
Early Cretaceous (Valanginian) · roughly 137.1 to 132.6 million years ago
Brighstoneus
Brighstoneus simmondsi
Early Cretaceous (Barremian) · roughly 125.8 to 121.4 million years ago
Comptonatus
Comptonatus chasei
Early Cretaceous (Barremian) · roughly 125.8 to 121.4 million years ago