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Fukuiraptor Fukuiraptor kitadaniensis Azuma and Currie 2000
/fjˈuːkjuːˌɜːɹæptɚ/
estimated
Early Cretaceous (Aptian) · 132.6–113.2 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
carnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
solitary
Where It Was Found
Country
Japan
Regions
Fukui · Gunma
Formations
Kitadani · Sebayashi
Dig sites
2
distinct collections
Overview
Fukuiraptor kitadaniensis is a theropod dinosaur known from the Early Cretaceous, roughly 132.6–113.2 million years ago. It was a carnivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and solitary. Fossils have been recovered from Fukui, Japan. It was named by Azuma and Currie 2000. The species is represented by 2 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~8%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 2 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Fukuiraptor kitadaniensis sits in deep time
Fukuiraptor
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Fukuiraptor kitadaniensis's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.