Genus
Valid Extinct

Rahiolisaurus

Novas et al. 2010

Rahiolisaurus is a genus of abelisaurid theropod dinosaur which existed in India during the Late Cretaceous period. It was described in 2010, based on fossils recovered from the Lameta Formation in the Indian state of Gujarat. These fossils include elements from at least seven different individuals and are believed to have been from the Maastrichtian stage, sometime between 70 and 66 million years ago, making it one of the last non-avian dinosaurs known in the fossil record. Despite representing a variety of different growth stages, all recovered fossils from the locality indicate a single species, the type species Rahiolisaurus gujaratensis.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore Ground dwelling, solitary Terrestrial
Rahiolisaurus
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Life restoration of Rahiolisaurus gujaratensis © Paleocolour · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia
PBDB Wikipedia
Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
Theropoda Unranked clade
Neotheropoda Unranked clade
Averostra Unranked clade
Ceratosauria Suborder
Abelisauridae Family
Brachyrostra Unranked clade
Rahiolisaurus Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇮🇳 India
1
Geological formations
Lameta
1
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Rahiolisaurus gujaratensis 72 Ma
Images 3
Bibliography
Original description
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 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
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 DOI ↗