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Rahiolisaurus gujaratensis

Reptilia - Theropoda - Abelisauridae

Taxonomy
Rahiolisaurus gujaratensis was named by Novas et al. (2010). Its type specimen is ISI R550, a set of postcrania (right ilium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Rahioli Village, which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial sandstone/sandstone in the Lameta Formation of India.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2010Rahiolisaurus gujaratensis Novas et al. pp. 46-47 figs. 3.1-3.7
2013Rahiolisaurus gujaratensis Machado et al. p. 447
2013Rahiolisaurus gujaratensis Mohabey and Samant p. 261
2021Rahiolisaurus gujaratensis Khosla p. 1436
2021Rahiolisaurus gujaratensis Khosla and Bajpai p. 195
2022Rahiolisaurus gujaratensis Salem et al. p. 7
2023Rahiolisaurus gujaratensis Dhiman et al. p. 2
2023Rahiolisaurus gujaratensis Khosla and Lucas p. 718

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
RankNameAuthor
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
orderTheropoda
suborderCeratosauria()
familyAbelisauridae
—Brachyrostra
genusRahiolisaurus
speciesgujaratensis

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Rahiolisaurus gujaratensis Novas et al. 2010
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
F. E. Novas et al. 2010A slender-limbed abelisaurid theropod with: (1) premaxillary interdental plates fused and lacking vertical ridges; (2) dental foramina absent; (3) premaxillary teeth with teardrop-shaped cross section; a faint mesial keel but a rounded distal edge; (4) iliac blade with deep caudal notch on postacetabular process; (5) metatarsal I rod-like; and (6) metatarsal II strongly narrow proximally.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoreo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2004-12-14 12:50:08
Modified: 2004-12-14 14:50:08
Source: o = order
Reference: Marsh 1875

Age range: Maastrichtian or 72.10000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0India (Gujarat) Indosuchus sp. (type locality: 95807)