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Rajasaurus Rajasaurus narmadensis Wilson et al. 2003

/rɑːdʒə/
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · 72.2–66 Mya

Key Statistics

Diet
carnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
solitary

Where It Was Found

Country
India
Region
Gujarat
Formation
Lameta
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Recorded finds in India. Present-day positions: the continents have moved since.

Overview

Rajasaurus narmadensis is a theropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 72.2–66.0 million years ago. It was a carnivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and solitary. Fossils have been recovered from Gujarat, India. It was named by Wilson et al. 2003. The species is represented by 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.

Fossil Record Completeness

How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record

~5%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.

Geologic Time

Where Rajasaurus narmadensis sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Rajasaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya

Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

These species share Rajasaurus narmadensis's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.

predator–prey
Pakisaurus
Pakisaurus balochistani
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predator–prey
Isisaurus
Isisaurus colberti
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predator–prey
Imrankhanhero
Imrankhanhero zilefatmi
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coexisted–with
Triceratops
Triceratops horridus
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coexisted–with
Alamosaurus
Alamosaurus sanjuanensis
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coexisted–with
Edmontosaurus
Edmontosaurus annectens
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coexisted–with
Thescelosaurus
Thescelosaurus neglectus
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coexisted–with
Pachycephalosaurus
Pachycephalosaurus wyomingensis
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