Rahiolisaurus

Rahioli lizard

• Rahioli · Place name (Gujarati/Indian) · ancient name of Raiholi village, Gujarat, India
• sauros · Greek · lizard

The name combines "Rahioli", the ancient name of the village now called Raiholi in Gujarat, India, with the Greek word for lizard. Raiholi is near the site where the fossils were found, so the name means "lizard from Rahioli". The only species is R. gujaratensis, named for the state of Gujarat.

Named by

Novas et al.

Year named

2010

Period

Late Cretaceous

Stage

Maastrichtian

Found in

Lameta Formation, Raiholi, Gujarat, India

A medium-sized abelisaurid theropod. It is known from a bonebed of several individuals. It is sometimes compared with Rajasaurus, another Indian abelisaurid from the same formation.