Laevisuchus, a theropod dinosaur hailing from the Late Cretaceous period, was uncovered by Charles Alfred Matley in Maastrichtian sediment in the Lameta Formation, India. The genus name is a fusion of the Latin "laevis," which translates to "light," and the Greek reference to the ancient Egyptian crocodile god, Soukhos. Laevisuchus was a diminutive bipedal carnivore. In 1998, David Lambert approximated its length at about two meters (6.6 feet), standing 0.9 meters (3.0 feet) tall, and weighing in at roughly 30 kg (66 lb).

Initially, Huene categorized it as a coelurid due to the resemblance of its vertebrae to those of Aristosuchus. However, a 2004 analysis led to its reclassification as an abelisauroid based on several characteristics: elongated epipophyses, the presence of a pair of foramina on the centrum, and neural spines that are both short and triangular. The vertebrae, in particular, bear a striking resemblance to those of noasaurids like Masiakasaurus and Noasaurus, characterized by neural spines positioned more anteriorly and a reduction in the posterior epipophyses.