Rahiolisaurus
Rahiolisaurus was a big, meat-eating dinosaur that lived in what is now India. It had short arms and a strong head to catch its food. Fossils of at least seven Rahiolisaurus were found together in a single quarry.1
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Rahiolisaurus lived at the very end of the Age of Dinosaurs, between 70 and 66 million years ago.1
Its fossils were found in a bone bed that contained bones from at least seven different individuals, from young to adult.1
Rahiolisaurus had a more slender and graceful body compared to its relative Rajasaurus.1
It belonged to a group of dinosaurs called abelisaurids, which had very short arms and only four fingers.1
The name Rahiolisaurus comes from the village of Rahioli, near where the fossils were dug up.1
Rahiolisaurus shared its home with other dinosaurs like the long-necked Isisaurus and the meat-eating Rajasaurus.1
Most asked questions about Rahiolisaurus
?How big was Rahiolisaurus?
It was about 8 metres (26 ft) long and weighed around 2 metric tons (2.2 short tons), though some estimates suggest a shorter length of 6.22 to 6.75 metres (20.4 to 22.1 ft).1
?What did Rahiolisaurus eat?
It was a meat-eater that hunted with its strong head and short arms. Its bite force was similar to Allosaurus, about 3,500 newtons (790 lbf).1
?When did Rahiolisaurus live?
It lived at the very end of the Age of Dinosaurs, between 70 and 66 million years ago, during the Maastrichtian stage.1
?Where was Rahiolisaurus found?
Its fossils were discovered in Gujarat, India, near the village of Rahioli, in the Lameta Formation.1
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- Scientific name
- Rahiolisaurus
- Named by
- Novas et al. 20103
- Group
- Meat-eating dinos
- Family / clade
- Abelisauridae3
- Classification
- Theropoda > Ceratosauria > Abelisauridae3
- Age of the rocks
- 72 to 66 million years (Maastrichtian)3
- Rock formations
- Lameta3
- Countries
- India3
- Fossil records
- 1 in the Paleobiology Database3
- Discovery
- Rahiolisaurus was named in 2010 by scientists Fernando Novas, Sankar Chatterjee, Dhiraj Rudra, P. M. Datta and Saswati Bandyopadhyay. The fossils were collected during two expeditions in 1995 and 1997 near Rahioli village in Gujarat, India.12
- Still debated
- Scientists are not sure if some eggs found in the same area belong to Rahiolisaurus or to another dinosaur.1
Where the facts come from
- Rahiolisaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
- Rahiolisaurus gujaratensis, n. gen. n. sp., A New Abelisaurid ... (ri.conicet.gov.ar)
- Rahiolisaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): age, places, rock formations, classification.
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