Fukuititan nipponensis Azuma and Shibata 2010 (sauropod)

Reptilia - Saurischia

Full reference: 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

Belongs to Fukuititan according to M. D. D'Emic 2012

See also Azuma and Shibata 2010, Hattori et al. 2021, Saegusa and Tomida 2011, Sano and Yabe 2017, Sanz et al. 2014, Suzuki et al. 2015 and Tatehata et al. 2023

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: FPDM-V8468, a partial skeleton (3 teeth, two cervical arches, three caudal vertebrae, partial scapula, both humeri, both radii, right metacarpal, both ischia, partial right femur, partial righ). Its type locality is Kitadani Dinosaur Quarry (upper, BB II), which is in an Aptian terrestrial sandstone in the Kitadani Formation of Japan.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Kitadani Dinosaur Quarry (upper, BB II)

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