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Noasauridae

Laevisuchus indicus levih-SJOOKUHS

Generic theropod body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Laevisuchus 2 m (6.6 ft) long
as long as 2 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic theropod body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Laevisuchus
Length
2 m (6.6 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (100–66 Mya)
Place
India
Food
Carnivore
Clade
Noasauridae

Laevisuchus (, “light crocodile”) is a genus of theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous. Its remains were discovered by Charles Alfred Matley near Jabalpur in Maastrichtian “Carnosaur Bed” deposits in the Lameta Formation in Madhya Pradesh, central India, and were named and described by paleontologists Friedrich von Huene and Matley in 1933.

What we know

  • Named by Huene & Matley, 1933.
  • Body length estimated at about 2 m.
  • Fossils found in India.

What we guess

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