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Project Exploration - Paleontology Education and Dinosaur Exhibits
Using the wonders of science to inspire city kids
950 East 61st Street Chicago, IL 60637 • 773.834.7614 • F.773.834.7625   
 
 
India 2001::
Co-Led with Dr. Jeff Wilson
Location:
  Western India near the Narmada River
   
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
Current Science
(Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
   
Photo by W. Taylor
 
 
Press Releases:
 

National Geographic Press Release

UC Dinosaur Hunter IDs New Species
Chicago Sun Times

India's Rajasaurus has story very, very long in the telling
Chicago Tribune
   
Feature:
  Bringing Rajasaurus to Life
   
Image Gallery:
Rajasaurus Image Gallery
 


Illustration © C. Abraczinskas
   
Expedition Team Members and Co-Authors
 

Panjab University
Ashok Sahni*1
Ashu Khosla*1
Vivesh Kapur*
Geological Survey of India
D. K. Bhatt1
Suresh Srivastava
University of Michigan
Jeff Wilson*1
Monica Wilson*
University of Chicago
Paul C. Sereno*1
Washington, D.C.
Eric Love*
Musee nationale d'histoire naturelle, Paris
Didier Dutheil*
University of California, Berkeley
Greg Wilson*
*=2001 India Expedition Team Members
1=scientific publication co-authors

 
 
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