Fukuiraptor
Fukuiraptor kitadaniensis
Pronounced:
few - Kew - ee -
rap - tore
Diet:
Carnivore
(meat-eater)
Name Means:
"Fukui
Plunderer"
Length:
14 ft.(4.2
meters)
Height:
3 ft.(1 meters)
Weight:
450 pounds (200
kilos)
Time:
Middle
Cretaceous - 110
MYA
Fossil
remains
for this
Dinosaur
have
been
found in
Asia
Fukuiraptor was a medium-sized meat-eater that lived in what is now Japan. Scientists first thought it was a member of the raptor family, but after studying the fossils they now believe it was related to Allosaurus. It is thought that this specimen was not mature and that an adult would be considerably larger.
This specimen
caused some
confusion upon its
initial discovery
because its hand
claw was mistaken
for the killer claw
on the foot of a
dromaeosaur. It is
now considered to be
a basal member of
the allosaur family
and possibly a
species of
Allosaurus similar
or identical to the
Australian species. |
