Fukuititan

Field photograph to come

DV-0734Kitadani Fm., Japan

Fukuititan

DV-0734

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

1 find

115 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

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