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BETASUCHUS
(bay-tah-soo-kus)
meaning: "B crocodile"
Betasuchus
Named By: Fredrich von Huene in 1932
Time Period: Late Cretaceous, 66 Ma
Location: Netherlands
Size: Uncertain due to incomplete remains
Diet: Carnivore
Fossil(s): Partial right femur
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Saurischia | Theropoda | Ceratosauria | Abelisauridae |
Also known as: | Megalosaurus bredai |
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Betasuchus is a genus of theropod dinosaur which lived during the Late Cretaceous Period. Betasuchus is, besides Orthomerus, the only dinosaur genus named from remains found in the Netherlands and the only non-avian theropod found in the Maastrichtian Beds.

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