Fukuisaurus

Pronunciation:
foo-koo-I-sore-us
Name meaning:
'Fukui lizard'

© Andrey Atuchin

Type of dinosaur:
large ornithopod
Length:
4.7m
Diet:
herbivorous
When it lived:
Early Cretaceous, 121-99 million years ago
Found in:
Japan

Fukuisaurus is only known from a skull, so the rest of the reconstruction is guesswork based on similar dinosaurs.

Taxonomic details

Taxonomy:
Dinosauria, Ornithischia, Ornithopoda, Euornithopoda, Iguanadontia, Euiguanadontia, Dryomorpha, Ankylopollexia, Iguanodontoidea
Named by:
Kobayashi and Azuma (2003)
Type species:
tetoriensius