Fukuivenator paradoxus Azuma et al. 2016 (coelurosaur)

Reptilia - Theropoda

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)

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