Indosuchus
IN-doh-SOO-kus /ˌɪndoʊˈsuːkəs/
Accepted genus
Indian crocodile
- Indo- · Latin/Greek · India, Indian
- suchus · Greek · crocodile (from the Egyptian crocodile god Sobek)
The name combines "Indo-" for India, where the fossils were found, with the Greek "suchus", meaning crocodile. It translates as "Indian crocodile". The "-suchus" ending was often used for early finds whose relationships were unclear, even though this animal was a theropod dinosaur and not a crocodile.
- Named by
- von Huene and Matley
- Year named
- 1933
- Period
- Late Cretaceous
- Stage
- Maastrichtian
- Found in
- Lameta Formation, Jabalpur area, Madhya Pradesh, India
A medium-to-large abelisaurid theropod. The type species is Indosuchus raptorius. It was originally described as a carnosaur and later recognised as an abelisaurid.