Rahiolisaurus
Genus of abelisaurid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous period / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
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Rahiolisaurus | |
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Life restoration of Rahiolisaurus gujaratensis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | Theropoda |
Family: | †Abelisauridae |
Subfamily: | †Majungasaurinae |
Genus: | †Rahiolisaurus Novas et al., 2010 |
Species: | †R. gujaratensis |
Binomial name | |
†Rahiolisaurus gujaratensis Novas et al., 2010 | |
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