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Compsosuchus
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 69 MaScientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Superorder: Dinosauria Order: Saurischia Suborder: Theropoda Family: †Noasauridae Genus: †Compsosuchus
Matley & Huene, 1933Species: †C. solus Binomial name Compsosuchus solus
Matley & Huene, 1933Compsosuchus (meaning "pretty crocodile") is an extinct genus of abelisaurian dinosaur. It lived during the Late Cretaceous. It lived in India. Compsosuchus was described in 1933 by von Huene and Matley. The type species is C. solus. The genus is often considered a nomen dubium.
References
- Compsosuchus in The Dinosaur Encyclopaedia at Dino Russ's Lair
Categories:- Abelisaurids
- Cretaceous dinosaurs
- Dinosaurs of India and Madagascar
- Theropod stubs
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