Australovenator, however some studies place Australovenator as a derived Megaraptoran which actually forms a clade with the South American Megaraptorans known as Megaraptoridae. Palaeoecology In the Kitadani Formation, where fossils of Fukuiraptor have been recovered, fossils of other vertebrates have been preserved. Among the species that have been properly described and named are Fukuisaurus tetoriensis, a styracostern ornithischian, Fukuititan nipponensis, a titanosauriform sauropod, Koshisaurus katsuyama, a hadrosauroid ornithischian, Fukuivenator paradoxus, a maniraptoriform theropod, and Fukuipteryx prima, an avialan as defined by the authors. External links Image of the holotype skeleton, published by the twitter account of Thomas Holtz References Early Cretaceous dinosaurs of Asia Extinct animals of Japan Fossils of Japan Megaraptorans Taxa named by Philip J. Currie Fossil taxa described in 2000 Aptian life Barremian life