Fukuiraptor
Fukuiraptor ("thief of Fukui") was a medium-sized theropod dinosaur of the Lower Cretaceous. The fossil was found in the Kitadani Quarry, Fukui Prefecture, Japan.[1] A reconstructed fossil is exhibited in the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum, Japan.[2]
| Fukuiraptor Temporal range: Early Cretaceous,
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Scientific classification 
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| Unrecognized taxon (fix): | Fukuiraptor |
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| †Fukuiraptor kitadaniensis Azuma & Currie, 2000
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Description
The type specimen is an immature specimen found in the Kitadani Quarry. The reconstruction of the skeleton indicates that this dinosaur was about 4.2 m long and 175kg in weight.[3] The preserved elements include the skull, vertebral column, front limbs (arms) , and hind limbs (legs).[1] Additional remains have been found in the site, indicating a breeding or nesting area.[4]
Fukuiraptor is small compared to similar dinosaurs and is characterized for having relatively long hands with strongly curved sharp thin claws.[1][2]
Classification
Due to its characteristics, it has been indicated that it belongs to Megaraptora, which is a group nested within Allosauroidea.[2]
Fukuiraptor Media
Reconstructed skeleton and holotype fossils on the lower right
Artistic reconstruction of Neovenator salerii. Proportions align with Hartman; cranial integument is based on Barker et al. (2017).
- Chilantaisaurus.jpg
Chilantaisaurus tashuikouensis.
- Australovenator Model.jpg
Model of megaraptor Australovenator wintonensis.
- Fukuiraptor BW.jpg
Fukuiraptor kitadaniensis, an allosaurid from the Early Cretaceous of Japan, pencil drawing, digital coloring
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Orkoraptor life restoration
Aerosteon, pencil drawing, digital coloring
Reconstitution de Megaraptor
- Fukuiraptor BW.jpg
Fukuiraptor kitadaniensis, an allosaurid from the Early Cretaceous of Japan, pencil drawing, digital coloring
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Identifiers at line 630: attempt to index field 'known_free_doi_registrants_t' (a nil value).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "FPDM: Dinosaurs - Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum". www.dinosaur.pref.fukui.jp. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
- ↑ Azuma, Yoichi (2003). "Early Cretaceous vertebrate remains from Katsuyama City, Fukui Prefecture, Japan" (PDF). Memoir of the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum. 2: 17–21.
- ↑ Currie, Philip J. ; Azuma, Yoichi (2005). "New specimens, including a growth series, of Fukuiraptor (Dinosauria, Theropoda) from the Lower Cretaceous Kitadani Quarry of Japan". ResearchGate. Retrieved 2021-08-06.