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Post by thesporerex on Feb 17, 2014 11:22:44 GMT
Fukuisaurus tetoriensis Scientific classificationTemporal range: Early Cretaceous, Barremian Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Clade: Dinosauria Order: †Ornithischia Clade: †Ornithopoda Clade: †Hadrosauriformes Superfamily: †Hadrosauroidea Genus: † Fukuisaurus (Kobayashi & Azuma, 2003)Species: †F. tetoriensisBinomial name: Fukuisaurus tetoriensisPhylogeny
Analysis by Wu Wenhao and Pascal Godefroit (2012): SizeLength: ~4.5 metresWeight: ~400kgIn 2010, Gregory S. Paul estimated the length at 4.5 metres, and the weight at four hundred kilograms.
DescriptionBeing a bipedal, optionally quadrupedal, animal, it was similar in general build to Iguanodon, Ouranosaurus and Altirhinus. According to the describers, Fukuisaurus was exceptional in that its skull was not kinetic: the tooth-bearing maxilla would be so strongly fused to the vomer that a sideways chewing motion would have been impossible. A cladistic analysis showed that Fukuisaurus was a basal member of the Hadrosauroidea, less derived than Altirhinus.Credit goes to Theropod for making this on Dinosaur archives
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