Laevisuchus
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Laevisuchus (LEE-vi-SOOK-us - meaning "Light/Lucky/Left Crocodile") is a nomen dubium. Its remains were discovered in Maastrichtian (late-Cretaceous) deposits in the Lameta Formation in India and described by paleontologists Friedrich von Huene and Matley in 1933. It is known only from three cervical vertebrae similar to those of Microvenator and was originally classified as a coelurosaurid theropod, 6 meters long, .9 meters high, and approximately 30 kilograms. Recently, however, it has been suggested Laevisuchus was an abelisaurid or noasaurid dinosaur.
The type species is Laevisuchus indicus.
[edit] External References
- Dinosauria Translation and Pronunciation Guide
- Laevisuchus at DinoRuss's Page
- List of Ceratosaurs, including Laevisuchus
- Dinosaurier-Web
- Lambert, David "The Wordsworth Book of Dinosaurs" (1998) Britain: Mackays of Chatham PLC
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