Dinosaurs · Large theropod

Fukuiraptor

Say it foo-koo-ee-rap-tor. The name means ‘Fukui plunderer’.

Fukuiraptor beside a person 1.75 m tall. Ticks mark every metre.Body shape drawn for this site, showing the general build of large theropods

Length: 4.2 m
Diet: Meat-eater
When: Early Cretaceous121 to 99 million years ago
Fossils found in: Japan
Named by: Azuma and Currie (2000)
Family tree: Dinosauria › Saurischia › Theropoda › Neotheropoda › Tetanurae › Avetheropoda › Carnosauria

Where Fukuiraptor sits in the age of dinosaurs.Periods from the ICS chart; dinosaur dates from the Natural History Museum

Large theropods. Big two-legged meat-eaters, such as Tyrannosaurus. See all 63

Lived at the same time

Other large theropods

Suchomimus Early Cretaceous
Baryonyx Early Cretaceous
Yutyrannus Early Cretaceous
Acrocanthosaurus Early Cretaceous
Eotyrannus Early Cretaceous
Neovenator Early Cretaceous
Concavenator Early Cretaceous
Irritator Early Cretaceous

Source: Fukuiraptor in the Natural History Museum Dino Directory, read 12 November 2026. Sizes are the museum's estimates for a typical adult. "Lived at the same time" lists dinosaurs whose dates overlap, which does not always mean they met.