Dinosaurs · Large theropod

Rajasaurus

Say it RAH-juh-sore-us. The name means ‘Princely lizard’.

Rajasaurus beside a person 1.75 m tall. Ticks mark every metre.Body shape drawn for this site, showing the general build of large theropods

Length: 6.6 m
Diet: Meat-eater
When: Late Cretaceous72 to 66 million years ago
Fossils found in: India
Named by: Wilson and colleagues (2003)
Family tree: Dinosauria › Saurischia › Theropoda › Ceratosauria › Abelisauridae

Where Rajasaurus sits in the age of dinosaurs.Periods from the ICS chart; dinosaur dates from the Natural History Museum

Large theropods. Big two-legged meat-eaters, such as Tyrannosaurus. See all 63

Lived at the same time

Other large theropods

Alioramus Late Cretaceous
Indosuchus Late Cretaceous
Abelisaurus Late Cretaceous
Deinocheirus Late Cretaceous
Dromiceiomimus Late Cretaceous
Gallimimus Late Cretaceous
Ornithomimus Late Cretaceous
Tarbosaurus Late Cretaceous

Source: Rajasaurus in the Natural History Museum Dino Directory, read 12 November 2026. Sizes are the museum's estimates for a typical adult. "Lived at the same time" lists dinosaurs whose dates overlap, which does not always mean they met.