Compsosuchus (meaning "pretty crocodile") is an extinct genus of abelisaurian dinosaur. It lived during the Late Cretaceous. It lived in India.
Naming[]
Compsosuchus was described in 1933 by von Huene and Matley. The type species is C. solus. The genus is often considered a ]]nomen dubium]].
Description[]
The type, and only specimen of C. solus, a few neck bones, was discovered in the Lameta Formation. It is based on an axis with an articulated axial intersection. There is one problem, the specimen appears to be lost. This axis resembles that of Allosaurus in the position of the upper pleurocoel, in having a cylindrical axial intersection (rather than tapered) in ventral view, an axial intersection less than twice the length of the axial intersection, and a broad neural canal. These apomorphies are shared with Allosaurus and might mean that Compsosuchus is not an Abelisaur but an Allosaur.