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Dinosaurs

Rajasaurus

RA-JA-SOR-us
Rajasaurus narmadensis

Rajasaurus

dinosaurs
Body Type

Small theropod

Type

Theropoda

Meaning

King, sovereign, chief, or best of its kind

Length

11m

Weight

4000kg

Taxanomy
Dinosauria, Saurischia, Theropoda, Abelisauridae, Majungasaurinae, Rajasaurus, Rajasaurus narmadensis
Found In
India
Range
67 mya
Diet
Carnivorous
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Information
Rajasaurus is a genus of carnivorous abelisaurid theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of India, containing one species: Rajasaurus narmadensis. The bones were excavated from the Lameta Formation in the Gujarat state of Western India, probably inhabiting what is now the Narmada River Valley. India at this time was an island, due to the break-up of the supercontinent Gondwana, though it is possible animals still were able to migrate to and from nearby continents. The creation of the subfamily Majungasaurinae, and its inclusion of abelisaurids from India, Madagascar, and Europe–including Rajasaurus–further reiterates this.
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