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Rajasaurus narmadensis

Reptilia - Abelisauridae

Taxonomy
Rajasaurus narmadensis was named by Wilson et al. (2003). Its type specimen is GSI 21441/1-33, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Temple Hill, Rahioli (cgl), which is in a Maastrichtian crevasse splay conglomerate/sandstone in the Lameta Formation of India.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2003Rajasaurus narmadensis Wilson et al.
2004Rajasaurus narmadensis Juárez Valieri and Fiorelli p. 36
2004Rajasaurus narmadensis Novas et al. p. 69
2005Rajasaurus narmadensis Mohabey p. 475
2006Rajasaurus narmadensis Coria et al. p. 1288
2007Rajasaurus normadensis Malkani
2007Rajasaurus narmadensis Sampson and Witmer p. 33
2008Rajasaurus narmadensis Carrano and Sampson p. 197
2009Rajasaurus narmadensis Prasad and Sahni p. 372
2010Rajasaurus narmadensis Novas et al. p. 45
2011Rajasaurus narmadensis Juárez Valieri et al. p. 167
2011Rajasaurus narmadensis Mohabey p. 132
2012Rajasaurus narmadensis Prasad p. 606
2013Rajasaurus narmadensis Fernandes de Azevedo et al. p. 137
2013Rajasaurus narmadensis Furtado et al. p. 109
2013Rajasaurus narmadensis Machado et al. p. 447
2013Rajasaurus narmadensis Mohabey and Samant p. 261
2013Rajasaurus narmadensis Srivastava and Mankar p. 901
2016Rajasaurus narmadensis Ratsinbaholison et al. p. 282
2021Rajasaurus narmadensis Khosla p. 1436
2021Rajasaurus narmadensis Khosla and Bajpai p. 195
2023Rajasaurus narmadensis Dhiman et al. p. 2
2023Rajasaurus narmadensis 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
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
RankNameAuthor
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
suborderCeratosauria()
superfamilyAbelisauroidea
familyAbelisauridae
subfamilyCarnotaurinae
tribeMajungasaurini()
genusRajasaurus
speciesnarmadensis

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.

†Rajasaurus narmadensis Wilson et al. 2003
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
M. T. Carrano and S. D. Sampson 2008Abelisaurid with: (1) median nasal–frontal prominence with frontal forming the posterior rim, (2) anteroposteriorly elongate upper temporal fenestrae (approximately 150% length of frontal) and (3) a robust ilium with a transverse ridge separating the brevis fossa from the acetabulum (modified from Wilson et al. 2003).