Outline: a typical theropod
Rahiolisaurus
- Lived
- 72 to 66 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Abelisauridae
- Found in
- India
- Named by
- Novas et al. 2010
Where its fossils were found
The evidence
Today
70 million years ago
Field notes
About Rahiolisaurus
What it was like
Rahiolisaurus was an abelisaur, a heavy predator with tiny arms. It is known from bones of several animals found together, which suggests they may have died together.
Its world
It lived about 72 to 66 million years ago, near the end of the Cretaceous, in what is now India. It comes from the Lameta Formation, where it shared the land with the larger abelisaur Rajasaurus and the titanosaurs Isisaurus and Jainosaurus.
How it was found
Novas and colleagues named Rahiolisaurus in 2010.
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations
Close relatives
Other members of Abelisauridae
Sources: 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