Lametasaurus
Field photograph to come
Lametasaurus
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- Lived
- 72 to 66 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Abelisauridae
- Found in
- India
- Named by
- Matley 1924
Field notes
About Lametasaurus
Lametasaurus was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 72 to 66 million years ago. It belongs to the family Abelisauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Lametasaurus, from India. Its fossils come from the Lameta Formation. It was named by Matley in 1924.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
70 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Abelisauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: C. A. Matley. 1924. Note on an armoured dinosaur from the Lameta beds of Jubbulpore. Records of the Geological Survey of India 55(2):105-109