Indosuchus Indosuchus
"Indian crocodile"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Indosuchus 7 m (23 ft) long
4 people holding hands
- 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.