Dinosaurs · Large theropod

Indosuchus

Say it in-doh-sook-us. The name means ‘Indian crocodile’.

Indosuchus beside a person 1.75 m tall. Ticks mark every metre.Body shape drawn for this site, showing the general build of large theropods

Length: 7 m
Diet: Meat-eater
When: Late Cretaceous71 to 66 million years ago
Fossils found in: India
Named by: Huene and Matley (1933)
Family tree: Dinosauria › Saurischia › Theropoda › Ceratosauria › Neoceratosauria

Where Indosuchus sits in the age of dinosaurs.Periods from the ICS chart; dinosaur dates from the Natural History Museum

Large theropods. Big two-legged meat-eaters, such as Tyrannosaurus. See all 63

Lived at the same time

Other large theropods

Alioramus Late Cretaceous
Deinocheirus Late Cretaceous
Gallimimus Late Cretaceous
Rajasaurus Late Cretaceous
Therizinosaurus Late Cretaceous
Carnotaurus Late Cretaceous
Abelisaurus Late Cretaceous
Dromiceiomimus Late Cretaceous

Source: Indosuchus in the Natural History Museum Dino Directory, read 12 November 2026. Sizes are the museum's estimates for a typical adult. "Lived at the same time" lists dinosaurs whose dates overlap, which does not always mean they met.