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long-neck giant
Fukuititan
Say it like this: “foo-KOO-ee-TIE-tuhn”
Fukuititan nipponensis
Fukuititan ate plants and walked on 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
- 2010 · Azuma, Y.; Shibata, M.
- Hip height
- 3.5 m · 11 ft
- Length
- 16.1 m · 53 ft
- Weight
- 5.8 tonnes
- Found in
- Japan · Kitadani
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- long-neck giant · Sauropod
- Family branch
- Titanosauriformes
The story in short
In 2010, Y. Azuma and M. Shibata published the name Fukuititan.
Fossils referred to Fukuititan date to 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 walked on four legs.
Published estimates put Fukuititan at a length near 16.1 m, hips about 3.5 m high, and a body mass around 5.8 tonnes.
On the family tree it sits in Titanosauriformes, among the sauropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Brohisaurus
Brohisaurus kirthari
Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) · roughly 154.8 to 149.2 million years ago
Dinodocus
Dinodocus mackesoni
Early Cretaceous (Aptian · Albian) · roughly 121.4 to 100.5 million years ago
Duriatitan
Duriatitan humerocristatus
Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) · roughly 154.8 to 149.2 million years ago