Jubbulpuria

from Jubbulpore

• Jubbulpur(e) · English (colonial-era place name) · Jubbulpore, the old spelling of Jabalpur, India
• -ia · Latin · place or region suffix

The name refers to Jubbulpore, the old British spelling of Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh, India, near where the fossils were found. It is a place-based name that combines the town name with a Latin ending. The type species is Jubbulpuria tenuis.

Named by

Huene and Matley

Year named

1933

Period

Late Cretaceous

Stage

Maastrichtian

Found in

Lameta Formation, near Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India

A small theropod known from fragmentary remains, mainly vertebrae. It is generally treated as a nomen dubium and probably a ceratosaur, possibly an abelisauroid. Check the authorship and details against a current source.