description Rajasaurus narmadensis Overview
Rajasaurus narmadensis is a species of meat-eating abelisaurid dinosaur discovered in the Lameta Formation of Gujarat, India, and formally described in 2003. It lived during the Late Cretaceous period and is characterized by a thick, low horn on its forehead and a relatively short, heavy skull. The discovery of Rajasaurus provided significant paleontological insight into the diversity of apex predators on the Indian subcontinent after it separated from Gondwana.
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Where was Rajasaurus narmadensis discovered, and when was it formally described?
Its fossils came from the Lameta Formation in Gujarat, western India, near the Narmada region. The species was formally described in 2003 after Indian and American researchers assembled material collected during a 2001 research project. [University of Chicago](https://paulsereno.uchicago.edu/discoveries/rajasaurus_narmadensis/)
What was the horn on Rajasaurus narmadensis used for?
Rajasaurus had a thick, low horn on its forehead that may have helped with display or head-to-head combat. The fossil cannot prove the animal's behavior, so those functions remain reasonable interpretations rather than certainties. [Rajasaurus overview](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajasaurus)
How big was Rajasaurus narmadensis?
The University of Chicago gives an estimate of about 30 feet in length and 8 feet at the hip. Because the species is reconstructed from a partial skeleton, those figures should be treated as estimates rather than measurements of a complete individual. [University of Chicago](https://paulsereno.uchicago.edu/discoveries/rajasaurus_narmadensis/)
What did Rajasaurus narmadensis eat?
It was a stocky carnivorous abelisaurid that lived among the sauropods of Late Cretaceous India. Researchers have therefore considered long-necked sauropods among its possible prey, although the fossils do not identify a single confirmed victim. [University of Chicago](https://paulsereno.uchicago.edu/discoveries/rajasaurus_narmadensis/)
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