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Fukuiraptor
Megaraptoran theropod dinosaur genus from the Early Cretaceous epoch / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with Fukuivenator.
Fukuiraptor ("thief of Fukui") was a medium-sized megaraptoran theropod dinosaur of the Early Cretaceous epoch (either Barremian or Aptian) that lived in what is now Japan.[1] Fukuiraptor is known from the Kitadani Formation[2] and possibly also the Sebayashi Formation.[3]
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Fukuiraptor | |
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Reconstructed skeleton | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | Theropoda |
Clade: | †Megaraptora |
Genus: | †Fukuiraptor Azuma & Currie, 2000 |
Type species | |
†Fukuiraptor kitadaniensis Azuma & Currie, 2000 |
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