[D] Indosuchus raptorius [Su] [sG] [T]
Describer
Huene & Matley, 1933
Time
Cretaceous Late Maastrichtian
Classification
Saurischia Theropoda Abelisauridae
Diet
Carnivore
Fossilsite
Lameta Formation, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India
Info
Genus - Typespecies - Skull
Fragmentary skull, postcrenial fragments. I.raptorius is another Jabalpur theropod also based on cranial material, two braincases, and a isolated frontal. This material is lost or misplaced (Chatterjee, 1978 ) other cranial and postcranial elements have been referred to I.raptorius by Walker,1964 and Chatterjee,1978.
Indosuchus (\\\\\\\"crocodile from India\\\\\\\"), a problematic large theropod from the Upper Cretaceous Lameta Beds of Madhya Pradesh, India, is known from skull fragments that Shankar Chatterjee, now at Texas Tech University, decided in 1978 might belong to a primitive tyrannosaurid. A study by Eric Buffetaut, Patrick Mechin and Annie Mechin-Salessy (1988) of the Universite Paris, however, notes the close resemblance of the Indosuchus material to that of Abelisaurus and builds a good case for including Indosuchus in the Abelisauridae.
Huene & Matley, 1933
Time
Cretaceous Late Maastrichtian
Classification
Saurischia Theropoda Abelisauridae
Diet
Carnivore
Fossilsite
Lameta Formation, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India
Info
Genus - Typespecies - Skull
Fragmentary skull, postcrenial fragments. I.raptorius is another Jabalpur theropod also based on cranial material, two braincases, and a isolated frontal. This material is lost or misplaced (Chatterjee, 1978 ) other cranial and postcranial elements have been referred to I.raptorius by Walker,1964 and Chatterjee,1978.
Indosuchus (\\\\\\\"crocodile from India\\\\\\\"), a problematic large theropod from the Upper Cretaceous Lameta Beds of Madhya Pradesh, India, is known from skull fragments that Shankar Chatterjee, now at Texas Tech University, decided in 1978 might belong to a primitive tyrannosaurid. A study by Eric Buffetaut, Patrick Mechin and Annie Mechin-Salessy (1988) of the Universite Paris, however, notes the close resemblance of the Indosuchus material to that of Abelisaurus and builds a good case for including Indosuchus in the Abelisauridae.