Indosaurus

Indosaurus (lit. 'Indian lizard') is a genus of carnivorous theropod dinosaur that lived in what is now India, about 69 to 66 million years ago during the Maastrichtian division of the Late Cretaceous. The now-lost holotype was discovered between 1917 and 1919 in Jabalpur, India (GSI K27/565), by Charles Alfred Matley.The type species, Indosaurus matleyi, was named by Huene and Matley in 1933 making Indosaurus the first majungasaurine to be discovered. The generic name refers to India and the specific name honours Matley. This species now also includes Megalosaurus matleyi. Some paleontologists have speculated that Indosuchus, Lametasaurus and Indosaurus should be considered as nomina dubia. The parietal of the frontal-parietal region is broad whereas the lower surface of the frontal is wide, the transverse crest lies above and behind the orbit. The frontals are concave and decline in to the front of the cranium. The supratemporal fossa is short and broad as in Antrodemus. The incomplete skull is of unusual thickness, although it lacked a dome on frontal bones as seen in Majungasaurus. It would have also lacked the paired frontal horns seen in Carnotaurus.