Rajasaurus narmadensis Wilson et al. 2003 (ceratosaur)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Abelisauridae

Alternative combination: Rajasaurus normadensis

Full reference: J. A. Wilson, P. C. Sereno, S. Srivastava, D. K. Bhatt, A. Khosla and A. Sahni. 2003. A new abelisaurid (Dinosauria, Theropoda) from the Lameta Formation (Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) of India. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 31(1):1-42

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

See also Carrano and Sampson 2008, Coria et al. 2006, Dhiman et al. 2023, Fernandes de Azevedo et al. 2013, Furtado et al. 2013, Juárez Valieri and Fiorelli 2004, Juárez Valieri et al. 2011, Khosla 2021, Khosla and Bajpai 2021, Khosla and Lucas 2023, Malkani 2007, Mohabey 2005, Mohabey 2011, Mohabey and Samant 2013, Novas et al. 2004, Novas et al. 2010, Prasad 2012, Prasad and Sahni 2009, Ratsinbaholison et al. 2016, Sampson and Witmer 2007, Srivastava and Mankar 2013 and Wilson et al. 2003

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: GSI 21441/1-33, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Temple Hill, Rahioli (cgl), which is in a Maastrichtian crevasse splay conglomerate/sandstone in the Lameta Formation of India.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Temple Hill, Rahioli (cgl)

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