Fukuititan
Field photograph to come
Fukuititan
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- Lived
- 121 to 113 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods
- Found in
- Japan
- Named by
- Azuma and Shibata 2010
Field notes
About Fukuititan
Fukuititan was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 121 to 113 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Fukuititan, from Japan. Its fossils come from the Kitadani Formation. It was named by Azuma and Shibata in 2010.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
115 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Titanosauriformes.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: Y. Azuma and M. Shibata. 2010. Fukuititan nipponensis, a new titanosauriform sauropod from the Early Cretaceous Tetori Group of Fukui Prefecture, Japan. Acta Geologica Sinica 84(3):454-462