Rahiolisaurus gujaratensis 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

Belongs to Rahiolisaurus according to E. B. Machado et al. 2013

See also Dhiman et al. 2023, Khosla 2021, Khosla and Bajpai 2021, Khosla and Lucas 2023, Mohabey and Samant 2013, Novas et al. 2010 and Salem et al. 2022

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: ISI R550, a set of postcrania (right ilium). Its type locality is Rahioli Village, which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial sandstone/sandstone in the Lameta Formation of India.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Rahioli Village

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