Indosuchus

Field photograph to come

DV-0154Lameta Fm., India

Indosuchus

DV-0154

Lived
72 to 66 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
Diet
Carnivore
Length
about 7 m (23 ft)
Group
Theropods, Abelisauridae
Found in
India
Named by
Huene 1933

Field notes

About Indosuchus

Indosuchus was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 72 to 66 million years ago. It belongs to the family Abelisauridae.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Indosuchus, from India. Its fossils come from the Lameta Formation. It was named by Huene in 1933.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

70 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

To scale

How big was Indosuchus?

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Indosuchus: about 7 m (23 ft) · Person: 1.8 m (6 ft)Silhouette: typical theropod shape

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Abelisauridae.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: F. v. Huene and C. A. Matley. 1933. The Cretaceous Saurischia and Ornithischia of the Central Provinces of India. Palaeontologica Indica (New Series), Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India 21(1):1-74