Laevisuchus
Field photograph to come
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
70 million years ago
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