Lametasaurus
"Lameta lizard"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Lametasaurus 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
- Length
- 5 m (16.4 ft)
- Period
- Late Cretaceous (70 Mya)
- Place
- India
- Food
- Carnivore
- Clade
- Abelisauridae
Lametasaurus (; “Lameta lizard”), is a chimeric genus of dinosaur known from the Lameta Formation of Jabalpur, India. The type species is L. indicus. The weight estimate of Lametasaurus, on the basis of the robust tibia, is 3600 kg, similar morphology can be seen in the tibia of Pycnonemosaurus, which indicates similar weight estimates.
What we know
- Named by Matley, 1923.
- Fossils found in India.
What we guess
The reconstruction notes for Lametasaurus — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.