Rajasaurus published

["Nicholas Gardner" <ratites637@hotmail.com>]

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Nick Gardner
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Jeffrey A. Wilson, Paul C. Sereno, Suresh Srivastava, Devendra K. Bhatt, 
Ashu Khosla, Ashok Sahni, 2003. A new abelisaurid (Dinosauria, Theropoda) 
from the Lameta Formation (Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) of India. 
Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology [University of Michigan] 
31(1):1-42

Abstract:
Many isolated dinosaur bones and teeth have been recovered from Cretaceous 
rocks in India, but associated remains are exceedingly rare. We report on 
the discovery of associated cranial and postcranial remains of a new 
abelisaurid theropod from latest Cretaceous rocks in western India. The new 
taxon is characterized by exceptionally elongated supratemporal fenestrae 
and a unique median nasofrontal protuberance. Postcranial elements include 
vertebrae and portions of the pelvic girdle and hind limbs. The ilium, in 
particular, is robustly constructed. Much of the large-bodied theropod 
material collected from latest Cretaceous rocks in central and western India 
may pertain to this abelisaurid. The new Indian species is more closely 
allied to Majungatholus from Madagascar and Carnotaurus from South American 
than to related forms on Africa. Paleobiogeographical interpretation of this 
phylogenetic pattern, however, must be tempered by the lack of terrestrial 
faunas of similar age on several of these landmasses: pre-Maastrichtian 
Cretaceous vertebrates are virtually unknown on Madagascar and India, and 
post-Cenomanian vertebrates are very poorly sampled on Africa.

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