Rahiolisaurus Novas et al. 2010 (ceratosaur)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Abelisauridae

Full reference: F. E. Novas, S. Chatterjee, D. K. Rudra and P. M. Datta. 2010. Rahiolisaurus gujaratensis, n. gen. n. sp., a new abelisaurid theropod from the Late Cretaceous of India. New Aspects of Mesozoic Biodiversity. Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences 132. Springer-Verlag, Berlin 45-62

Parent taxon: Brachyrostra according to L. S. Filippi et al. 2016

See also Delcourt 2018, Gianechini et al. 2015, Khosla 2021, Khosla and Lucas 2023, Novas et al. 2013, Novas et al. 2010 and Tortosa et al. 2014

Sister taxa: Aucasaurus, Carnotaurini, Dahalokely, Ekrixinatosaurus, Furileusauria, Guemesia, Ilokelesia, Skorpiovenator, Thanos

Subtaxa: Rahiolisaurus gujaratensis

View classification

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Rahioli Village (Cretaceous of India)

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.