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Dinosaur: Compsosuchus solus
| Length*: | 2 m | 6.6 ft |
| Weight*: | 12 kg | 26 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Maastrichtian
Years: 72.1–66 Ma
Details
Status: nomen dubium
Author: von Huene & Matley
Year: 1933
Distribution
Area: Asia
Country: India
Region: Madhya Pradesh
Formation: Lameta
Sources
Material: Atlas, axis, referred atlas, axis ?
References: Carrano, Loewen and Sertich, (2011). New materials of Masiakasaurus knopfleri Sampson, Carrano, and Forster, 2001, and implications for the morphology of the Noasauridae (Theropoda: Ceratosauria).
