Indosuchus
Field photograph to come
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
70 million years ago
To scale
How big was Indosuchus?
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