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Fukuititan ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)202263https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=202263
Rankgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Fukuititan
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SauropsidaHuxley 1864
classReptiliaLaurenti 1768
subclassEureptilia
-RomeriidaGauthier et al. 1988
-Diapsida
-Eosuchia
-NeodiapsidaBenton 1985
-SauriaGauthier 1984
-Archosauromorpha
-CrocopodaEzcurra 2016
-ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
-EucrocopodaEzcurra 2016
-Archosauria
informalAvemetatarsaliaBenton 1999
-OrnithodiraGauthier 1986
-DinosauromorphaBenton 1985
-DinosauriformesNovas 1992
-Dinosauria
-Saurischia
-EusaurischiaPadian et al. 1999
-Sauropodomorpha
-MassopodaYates 2007
-SauropodiformesMartinez et al. 2011
-Sauropoda
-EusauropodaUpchurch 1995
-NeosauropodaBonaparte 1986
-MacronariaSereno 1997
-TitanosauriformesSalgado et al. 1997
genusFukuititanAzuma and Shibata 2010
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Fukuititangenusbelongs to Titanosauriformesstated with evidenceAzuma and Shibata, 2010
Fukuititangenusbelongs to Macronariastated with evidenceD'Emic, 2012
Fukuititangenusbelongs to Titanosauriformesstated with evidenceMannion et al., 2013
Fukuititangenusbelongs to Somphospondylistated without evidenceSanz et al., 2014
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance129 - 125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance129 - 125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Environmentterrestrial (based on Sauropoda)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Sauropoda)
Dietherbivore (based on Sauropoda)
Reproductionoviparous, dispersal=direct/internal,mobile (based on Sauropoda)
Ontogenyaccretion,modification of parts (based on Sauropoda)
Taphonomyhydroxylapatite,compact or dense,thick (based on Sauropoda)
Primary Reference (PBDB)Y. Azuma and M. Shibata. 2010. Fukuititan nipponensis, a new titanosauriform sauropod from the Early Cretaceous Tetori Group of Fukui Prefecture, Japan. Acta Geologica Sinica 84(3):454-462

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Fukuititan nipponensis ✝
species		listed (PBDB)1129 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous		129 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2010Fukuititan Azuma and Shibata
2012Fukuititan D'Emic
2013Fukuititan Mannion et al.
2014Fukuititan Sanz et al. p. 120

References

Azuma Y., Shibata M. (2010) Fukuititan nipponensis, a new titanosauriform sauropod from the Early Cretaceous Tetori Group of Fukui Prefecture, Japan, Acta Geologica Sinica 84 3, 454-462
D'Emic M. D. (2012) The early evolution of titanosauriform sauropod dinosaurs, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 166, 624-671
Mannion P. D., Upchurch P., et al (2013) Osteology of the Late Jurassic Portuguese sauropod dinosaur Lusotitan atalaiensis (Macronaria) and the evolutionary history of basal titanosauriforms, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 168, 98-206
Sanz J. L., Ortega F., et al (2014) , Dinosaurios Maravillosos de España [Marvelous Dinosaurs from Spain], 1-155
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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