Futabasaurus

Taxobox
name = "Futabasaurus"

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image_caption=Cast of fossils of "Futabasaurus suzukii" exhibited at the National Science Museum of Japan.
fossil_range=Late Cretaceous
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Reptilia
superordo = Sauropterygia
ordo = Plesiosauria
familia = Elasmosauridae
genus = "Futabasaurus"
genus_authority=Sato, Hasegawa & Manabe, 2006
subdivision_ranks=Species
subdivision=
*"F. suzukii" Sato "et al.", 2006 (type)

"Futabasaurus" is a genus of plesiosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Fukushima, Japan. Described and named in 2006, it was assigned to the family Elasmosauridae.

The name "Futabasaurus" also appears in connection with a theropod dinosaur, also from the Late Cretaceous of Japan. However, this dinosaur was not officially named, so the dinosaur "Futabasaurus" is a "nomen nudum" when applied to this theropod. It is not the same as the plesiosaur named "Futabasaurus".

External links

* [http://www.dinosaurier-web.de/galery/pages_f/futabasaurus.html "Futabasaurus" at Dinosaurier-Web] (German)