Named By: | Y. Azuma, X. Xu, M. Shibata, S. Kawabe, K. Miyata & T. Imai in 2016 |
Time Period: | Early Cretaceous, 120 Ma |
Location: | Japan, Fukui Prefecture - Kitadani Formation |
Size: | Roughly estimated to be about 2.45 meters long |
Diet: | Carnivore/omnivore |
Fossil(s): | Skull and almost complete post cranial skeleton |
Classification: | | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Saurischia | Theropoda | Coelurosauria | Maniraptoriformes | |
Fukuivenator ("hunter of Fukui Prefecture") is an extinct genus of coelurosaurian theropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Japan.