Laevisuchus

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DV-0155Lameta Fm., India

Laevisuchus

DV-0155 · type species Laevisuchus indicus

Lived
72 to 66 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
Diet
Carnivore
Group
Theropods, Noasauridae
Found in
India
Named by
Huene 1933

Field notes

About Laevisuchus

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

The Paleobiology Database lists 2 finds of Laevisuchus, from India. Its fossils come from the Lameta Formation. It was named by Huene in 1933.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

2 finds

70 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Noasauridae.

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