Laevisuchus

Taxobox
name = "Laevisuchus"
fossil_range = Late Cretaceous
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
superordo = Dinosauria
ordo = Saurischia
subordo = Theropoda
superfamilia = Abelisauroidea
familia=?Noasauridae
genus = "Laevisuchus"
genus_authority = Huene & Matley, 1933
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
*"L. indicus" Huene & Matley, 1933 (type)

"Laevisuchus" (pronEng|ˌliːvɨˈsuːkəs LEE-vi-SOOK-us - meaning "Light/Lucky/Left Crocodile") is a genus of abelisauroid dinosaur. Its remains were discovered in Maastrichtian (Late Cretaceous) deposits in the Lameta Formation in India, and described by paleontologists Friedrich von Huene and Charles Alfred Matley in 1933. It is known only from three cervical vertebrae similar to those of "Microvenator" and was originally classified as a coelurosaurian theropod, 2 meters long (6 ft), 0.9 meters high (3 ft), and approximately 30 kilograms in weight (66 lb).Lambert, D. (1998). "The Wordsworth Book of Dinosaurs", Britain: Mackays of Chatham PLC.] Recently, however, it has been show to be an abelisauroid dinosaur, perhaps an noasaurid.Tykoski, R.S. & Rowe, T. (2004). "Ceratosauria". In: Weishampel, D.B., Dodson, P., & Osmolska, H. (Eds.) "The Dinosauria" (2nd edition). Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 47–70 ISBN 0-520-24209-2]

The type species is "Laevisuchus indicus".

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* [http://www.dinosauria.com/dml/names/dinol.htm Dinosauria Translation and Pronunciation Guide]
* [http://www.dinoruss.com/de_4/5a8c321.htm "Laevisuchus" at DinoRuss's Page]
* [http://www.users.qwest.net/~jstweet1/ceratosauria.htm List of ceratosaurs, including "Laevisuchus"]
* [http://www.dinosaurier-web.de/images/dino_l/laevisuchus.swf Dinosaurier-Web]