Indosuchus Indosuchus

"Indian crocodile"

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Indosuchus 7 m (23 ft) long
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Length
7 m (23 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (70–66 Mya)
Place
India
Food
Carnivore
Clade
Abelisauridae

Indosuchus (“Indian crocodile”) is a genus of abelisaurid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Period (Maastrichtian, 70 to 66 million years ago) of what is now India. Like most theropods, Indosuchus was a bipedal carnivore. It was about 7 m long, weighed about 1.2 t, and had a crested skull, flattened on the top.

What we know

  • Named by Huene, 1932.
  • Body length estimated at about 7 m.
  • Fossils found in India.