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INDOSUCHUS
(in-do-soo-kus)
meaning: "Indian crocodile"
Indosuchus
Named By: Charles Alfred Matley & Friedrich von Huene in 1933
Time Period: Late Cretaceous, 70 Ma
Location: India - Lameta Formation
Size: Estimated at 6 meters long
Diet: Carnivore
Fossil(s): Partial skull remains
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Saurischia | Theropoda | Abelisauridae |
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Indosuchus is a genus of abelisaurid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Period (70 to 66 million years ago - the Maastrichtian), a theropod related to Abelisaurus. Like most theropods, Indosuchus was a bipedal carnivore. It was about 7 metres long, weighed about 1.2 tonnes, and had a crested skull, flattened on the top.

Read more about Indosuchus at Wikipedia
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