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'''''Indosaurus''''' ({{lit|Indian lizard}}) is a [[genus]] of 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]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/more-lifestyle/a-raja-a-jain-a-tagore-meet-desi-dinosaurs-that-once-roamed-india-s-plains/story-EEfvnpOJjsoJUlV0vmjjKP.html|title=A raja, a Jain, a Tagore: Meet desi dinosaurs that once roamed India's plains|last=Lopez|first=Rachel|date=4 April 2017|work=Hindustan Times|access-date=24 September 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Shroff |first=Vaishali |date=12 August 2018 |title=Did you know about Indian dinosaurs? Meet the Rajasaurus |work=The Indian Express |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/parenting/learning/indian-dinosaurs-fossils-rajasaurus-5300209/ |access-date=24 September 2019}}</ref> The species '''I. matleyi''' weighed roughly 700 kg (1540 lb). |
'''''Indosaurus''''' ({{lit|Indian lizard}}) is a [[genus]] of 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]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/more-lifestyle/a-raja-a-jain-a-tagore-meet-desi-dinosaurs-that-once-roamed-india-s-plains/story-EEfvnpOJjsoJUlV0vmjjKP.html|title=A raja, a Jain, a Tagore: Meet desi dinosaurs that once roamed India's plains|last=Lopez|first=Rachel|date=4 April 2017|work=Hindustan Times|access-date=24 September 2019|archive-date=24 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190924045350/https://www.hindustantimes.com/more-lifestyle/a-raja-a-jain-a-tagore-meet-desi-dinosaurs-that-once-roamed-india-s-plains/story-EEfvnpOJjsoJUlV0vmjjKP.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Shroff |first=Vaishali |date=12 August 2018 |title=Did you know about Indian dinosaurs? Meet the Rajasaurus |work=The Indian Express |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/parenting/learning/indian-dinosaurs-fossils-rajasaurus-5300209/ |access-date=24 September 2019}}</ref> The species '''I. matleyi''' weighed roughly 700 kg (1540 lb). |
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== History == |
== History == |
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| Indosaurus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Family: | †Abelisauridae |
| Subfamily: | †Majungasaurinae |
| Genus: | †Indosaurus |
| Species: | †I. matleyi
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| †Indosaurus matleyi Matley & Huene, 1933
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Megalosaurus matleyi | |
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Indosaurus (lit. 'Indian lizard') is a genus of 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] The species I. matleyi weighed roughly 700 kg (1540 lb).
History
The type species, Indosaurus matleyi, was named by Huene and Matley in 1933 making Indosaurus the first Majungasaurine to be discovered.[3] The generic name refers to India and the specific name honours Matley. This species now also includes Megalosaurus matleyi; confusingly, the dubious tooth taxon Orthogoniosaurus shares the same specific name but is based on different material. Some paleontologists have speculated that Indosuchus and Compsosuchus should also be included within the genus Indosaurus.[citation needed]
Originally assigned by Huene to the Allosauridae, Indosaurus is today considered a member of the Abelisauridae family.[citation needed]
Description
The parietal of the frontal-parietal region is broad whereas the lower surface of the frontal is wide, the transverse crest lies above and behind the orbit. The frontals are concave and decline in to the front of the cranium. The supratemporal fossa is short and broad as in Antrodemus.[4]
Fossil Evidence
The fossil evidence from Jabalpur, India, includes the now-lost [4] holotype GSI K27/565, a partial skull of unusual thickness found by Charles Alfred Matley in the Lameta Formation; other parts of the skeleton have later been referred to it. The cranium suggests that Indosaurus may have had horns above its eyes, although all the fossil evidence has since been lost. Indosaurus may have been related to the unusual Madagascan dinosaur Majungasaurus.
See also
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ Shroff, Vaishali (12 August 2018). "Did you know about Indian dinosaurs? Meet the Rajasaurus". The Indian Express. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
- ^ F. von Huene and C. A. Matley, 1933, "The Cretaceous Saurischia and Ornithischia of the Central Provinces of India", Palaeontologica Indica (New Series), Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India 21(1): 1-74
- ^ a b Sankar Chatterjee (1978). "Indosuchus and Indosaurus, Cretaceous carnosaurs from India". Journal of Paleontology. 52 (3): 570–580 – via ResearchGate.
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