Full reference: Y. Azuma, X. Xu, M. Shibata, S. Kawabe, K. Miyata and T. Imai. 2016. A bizarre theropod from the Early Cretaceous of Japan highlighting mosaic evolution among coelurosaurians. Scientific Reports 6:20478
Belongs to Fukuivenator according to S. Hattori et al. 2021
See also Azuma et al. 2016, Hattori and Azuma 2020, Sakagami and Kawabe 2020 and Sano and Yabe 2017
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: FPDM-V8461, a skeleton (a disarticulated but closely associated skeleton found within a 50 by 50 cm area, preserved elements include: incomplete right premaxilla with two isolated prem). Its type locality is Kitadani Dinosaur Quarry (upper, BB III), which is in an Aptian terrestrial sandstone in the Kitadani Formation of Japan.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Kitadani Dinosaur Quarry (upper, BB III)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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