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sharp-clawed runner
Indosuchus
Say it like this: “IN-do-SOOK-us”
Indosuchus raptorius
Indosuchus ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in India.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago
- Named in
- 1933 · Huene, F. V.; Matley, C. A.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 7 m · 23 ft
- Weight
- 1.2 tonnes
- Found in
- India · Lameta
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Abelisauridae
The story in short
Indosuchus was formally named in 1933 by F. V. Huene and C. A. Matley. The name means “indian crocodile.”
It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian), roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago. Finds come from India, including the Lameta Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Indosuchus at a length near 7 m and a body mass around 1.2 tonnes.
On the family tree it sits in Abelisauridae, among the theropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Abelisaurus
Abelisaurus comahuensis
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
Chenanisaurus
Chenanisaurus barbaricus
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago
Dryptosauroides
Dryptosauroides grandis
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago