Quick Facts
- Were 3 car links long
- Was as tall as a 1 story home
- Weighed as much as 6 Gorillas
- Could run as fast as a Polar Bear
- Lived in what is now India
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About Rajasaurus
Rajasaurus is a dinosaur which lived approximately 65-70 million years ago during the late Cretaceous Period. It was first discovered in India in the early 1980s and was subsequently named by Jeff Wilson in 2003. The name of this dinosaur means “king of lizards”, so named because of the impressive crest on this dinosaur’s head. Interestingly, the Rajasaurus fascinated paleontologists with its unique crest.
Rajasaurus was about 30 feet long, about 10 feet tall and weighed approximately a ton. This large therapod was carnivorous and hunted sauropods that were small enough for it to eat. Which means that it probably hunted some of the juvenile members of various herbivore species and may have even scavenged the remains of already dead dinosaurs. When examining the Rajasaurus, its predatory skills become apparent.
An interesting fact is that it is a therapod with head ornamentation. This is fascinating because therapods in North America lost their head crests as they evolved into more advanced dinosaurs. However, it appears that these dinosaurs in India developed head crests as they evolved. The Rajasaurus, with its distinct head crest, differentiates itself from other therapods.
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