India 2001
Stats
Location: Western India near the Narmada Rier
Age of Fossil beds: 65 million years old
Accomplishments
First skull of a dinosaur ever reconstructed from India; reconstruction of Rajasaurus from bones unearthed in 1983
Scientific Announcements
- Rajasaurus narmadensis – announced August 13, 2003
- Rajasaurus narmadensis – A new Indian Dinosaur
Press Releases
- New Dinosaur Species Found in India (National Geographic)
- India’s Rajasaurus has story very, very long in the telling (Chicago Tribune)
- Feature: Bringing Rajasaurus to Life
Expedition Team Members and Co-Authors
Pajab University: Ashok Sahni*°, Ashu Khosla°, Vivesh Kapur*
University of Michigan: Jeff Wilson*°, Monica Wilson*
Washington, D.C.: Eric Love*
Geological Survey of India: D.K. Bhatt°, Suresh Srivastava
University of Chicago: Paul C. Sereno*°
Musee national d’histoire naturelle, Paris: Didier Nutheil*
University of California, Berkeley: Greg Wilson*
* 2001 India Expedition Team Members
° Scientific publication co authors