Lametasaurus

Field photograph to come

DV-0121Lameta Fm., India

Lametasaurus

DV-0121

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

1 find

70 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

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