Laevisuchus indicus levih-SJOOKUHS
"Etymology TBD"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Laevisuchus 2 m (6.6 ft) long
2 people holding hands
- 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.