Dinosaurs · Large theropod

Suchomimus

Say it sook-oh-mim-us. The name means ‘crocodile mimic’.

Suchomimus 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: 11 m
Diet: Meat-eater
When: Early Cretaceous121 to 112 million years ago
Fossils found in: Niger
Named by: Sereno, Beck, Dutheil, Gado, Larsson, Lyon, Marcot, Rauhut, Sadleir, Sidor, Varricchio, Wilson and Wilson (1998)
Family tree: Dinosauria › Saurischia › Theropoda › Spinosauridae › Baryonychinae

Where Suchomimus 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

Jobaria · same country
Lurdusaurus · same country
Nigersaurus · same country
Ouranosaurus · same country
Afrovenator · same country
Valdosaurus · same country
Archaeoceratops
Atlascopcosaurus

Other large theropods

Fukuiraptor Early Cretaceous
Baryonyx Early Cretaceous
Yutyrannus Early Cretaceous
Acrocanthosaurus Early Cretaceous
Eotyrannus Early Cretaceous
Neovenator Early Cretaceous
Concavenator Early Cretaceous
Irritator Early Cretaceous

Source: Suchomimus 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.