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Fukuisaurus

genus of reptiles (fossil)
Taxon fossil_taxon Q18560048
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Summary

Fukuisaurus is a fossil taxon[1]. Fukuisaurus ranks in the top 4% of fossil taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (858 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: genus[3]
  • Named after: Fukui Prefecture[4]
  • Parent taxon: Hadrosauroidea[5]
  • Location of discovery: Japan[6]
  • Taxon name: Fukuisaurus[7]
  • Commons category: Fukuisaurus[8]
  • Taxonomic type: Fukuisaurus tetoriensis[9]
  • Time of discovery or invention: 1989[10]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Fukuisaurus[11]
  • Main food source: herbivore[12]
  • Length: 4.7 m[13]
  • Time period: Early Cretaceous[14]
  • Type locality (biology): Kitadani Formation[15]
  • Taxon author citation: Kobayashi & Azuma, 2003[16]

Body

Identifiers

Fukuisaurus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 52570647[17]. Fukuisaurus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4823225[18].

Why It Matters

Fukuisaurus has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] Fukuisaurus is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

Related Entities

Japan

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . nhm.ac.uk. nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [18] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . nhm.ac.uk. nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . nhm.ac.uk. nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . nhm.ac.uk. nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 3d ago · Rebot bot · 2026-10-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ca', 'cs', 'en', 'fr', 'he', 'hu', 'id', 'ja', 'ko', 'ml', 'nl', 'pl', 'pt', '
    Taxon author citation → Kobayashi & Azuma, 2003
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Taxon author citation: Kobayashi & Azuma, 2003, Bot: importing authority taxon citation from Catalan Wikipedia"
  2. 21w ago · ~2026-30502-54 · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → fossil taxon
    Location of discovery → Japan
    Type locality (biology) → Kitadani Formation
    Time period → Early Cretaceous
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Named after: Fukui"
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