Indosuchus
Sign in to saveIndosuchus () 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 long, weighed about , and had a crested skull, flattened on the top.
Wikidata facts
- Parent taxon
- Abelisauridae
- Image
- Indosuchus.jpg
- Length
- 7.0
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- taxon name
- Indosuchus
- taxon rank
- genus
- Commons category
- Indosuchus
- start time
- 70000000-0
- end time
- 66000000-0
- time period
- Late Cretaceous
- location of discovery
- India
- main food source
- carnivore
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Indosuchus () 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 long, weighed about , and had a crested skull, flattened on the top.
==Discovery and naming== Indosuchus was named by Friedrich von Huene in 1932 and was described by Huene and Charles Alfred Matley in 1933 from three partial skulls found by Matley in India near Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh in strata of the Lameta Formation. The lectotype is GSI K27/685, consisting of the parietals and frontals of a single individual. Two paralectotypes were referred, both including material from the posterior skull, with the fossils referred based on the parietal morphology. The known remains of the lectotype material have been lost.
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