Fukuisaurus

Fukui lizard

• Fukui · Japanese · Fukui Prefecture, Japan
• sauros · Greek · lizard

Fukuisaurus is named after Fukui Prefecture in Japan, where its fossils were found in the Kitadani Formation, plus the Greek word for lizard. It was the first dinosaur from Fukui to be formally named. The type species is Fukuisaurus tetoriensis, which refers to the Tetori Group, the rock sequence that includes the fossil-bearing beds.

Named by

Kobayashi and Azuma

Year named

2003

Period

Early Cretaceous

Stages

Barremian – Aptian

Found in

Kitadani Formation, Tetori Group, Katsuyama, Fukui Prefecture, Japan

A herbivorous basal iguanodontian ornithopod, known from skull and other bones. Its exact position within Iguanodontia has been debated.