Indosaurus

Indosaurus
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 69–66 Ma
Skull bone
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Family: Abelisauridae
Subfamily: Majungasaurinae
Genus: Indosaurus
Species:
I. matleyi
Binomial name
Indosaurus matleyi

Indosaurus (lit.'Indian lizard') is a genus of dubious carnivorous theropod dinosaur that lived in what is now India, about 69 to 66 million years ago during the Maastrichtian division of the Late Cretaceous.[1][2]

  1. ^ Lopez, Rachel (4 April 2017). "A raja, a Jain, a Tagore: Meet desi dinosaurs that once roamed India's plains". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 24 September 2019. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  2. ^ Shroff, Vaishali (12 August 2018). "Did you know about Indian dinosaurs? Meet the Rajasaurus". The Indian Express. Retrieved 24 September 2019.