Fukuisaurus

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iFukuisaurus Fossil range: Early Cretaceous
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Sauropsida Order: Ornithischia Suborder: Ornithopoda Infraorder: Iguanodontia Superfamily: Hadrosauroidea Genus: Fukuisaurus
Binomial name
Fukuisaurus tetoriensis Kobayashi & Azuma, 2003

Fukuisaurus ("Fukui lizard") was a dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous. It was an Ornithopod which lived in what is now Japan. Remains of Fukuisaurus (フクイサウルス) were discovered in 1990, in Katsuyama, Fukui Prefecture. The type specimen, Fukuisaurus tetoriensis, was not described until 2003 by Kobayashi and Azuma.

[edit] References

• http://www.dinosaur.pref.fukui.jp/en/ddic/Fukuisaurus.html
• http://www.users.qwest.net/~jstweet1/iguanodontia.htm