Fukuititan

Fukuititan
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous,
Fossil elements on display in Japan
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Sauropodomorpha
Clade: Sauropoda
Clade: Macronaria
Clade: Titanosauriformes
Genus: Fukuititan
Azuma & Shibata, 2010
Type species
Fukuititan nipponensis
Azuma & Shibata, 2010

Fukuititan (meaning "giant from Fukui prefecture") is a genus of sauropod dinosaur that lived during the Early Cretaceous (either Barremian or Aptian age) in the Kitadani Formation in what is now Japan. The genus contains a single species, Fukuititan nipponensis. The discovery of Fukuititan shed light on Japanese titanosauriforms, which are generally very poorly-known.