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 | |
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.