Fukuiraptor
foo-KOO-ee-RAP-tor /fuˌkuːiˈræptɔr/
Accepted genus
Fukui thief (Fukui plunderer)
- Fukui · Japanese · Fukui Prefecture, where the fossils were found
- raptor · Latin · robber, plunderer, thief
The name combines Fukui, the Japanese prefecture where the fossils were discovered, with the Latin "raptor", meaning plunderer or robber. It refers to the place of discovery and to the animal's predatory lifestyle as a meat-eating theropod.
- Named by
- Azuma and Currie
- Year named
- 2000
- Period
- Early Cretaceous
- Stage
- Barremian
- Found in
- Kitadani Formation, Katsuyama, Fukui Prefecture, Japan
A medium-sized carnivorous theropod, usually considered a megaraptoran. The type species is Fukuiraptor kitadaniensis. The exact stage of the Kitadani Formation is uncertain, so the Barremian is the commonly cited age.