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Abelisauridae

Indosaurus

"Indian lizard"

Generic theropod body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Indosaurus 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic theropod body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Indosaurus
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (69–66 Mya)
Food
Carnivore
Clade
Abelisauridae

Indosaurus is a dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous.

What we know

  • Named by Huene & Matley, 1933.

What we guess

The reconstruction notes for Indosaurus — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.