Rahiolisaurus
Field photograph to come
Rahiolisaurus
DV-0753
- Lived
- 72 to 66 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Abelisauridae
- Found in
- India
- Named by
- Novas et al. 2010
Field notes
About Rahiolisaurus
Rahiolisaurus 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 Rahiolisaurus, from India. Its fossils come from the Lameta Formation. It was named by Novas et al. in 2010.
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: F. E. Novas, S. Chatterjee, and D. K. Rudra, P. M. Datta. 2010. Rahiolisaurus gujaratensis, n. gen. n. sp., a new abelisaurid theropod from the Late Cretaceous of India. New Aspects of Mesozoic Biodiversity. Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences 132. Springer-Verlag, Berlin