All fossils stem from the sandstone-dominated lower unit of the Dharmaram Formation, located in the Pranhita–Godavari Basin of eastern India and thought to date from the mid or late Norian to the Rhaetian stages of the Triassic.
[1] The only fossils found of Kuttysuchus are paramedian osteoderms, which form the much wider central two rows of armor that would have stretched across the animal's back in life.
The medial edge of the anterior bar, meaning the one directed towards the midline of the animal, bears a short and pointed spur that is not as well developed as in some other taxa like Stagonolepis.
The inner (medial) edge of the osteoderms is straight and thin, the ancestral condition among aetosaurs, lacking the thickened articular surface that is characteristic of desmatosuchins.
However it is noted that the shape of the dorsal eminence varies based on the position of the osteoderm, with those closer to the tail being often more strongly developed before reducing in size again around the mid-caudal region.
The dorsal eminence forms somewhat of a center for the ornamentation of the osteoderm and various sharp, straight ridges as well as deep narrow grooves radiate outwards from the element, with small pits filling the spaces between them.
The ornamentation coupled with the shape of the dorsal eminence distinguish Kuttysuchus from members of Desmatosuchini, though they do bear some resemblance to non-desmatosuchin stagonolepoid aetosaurs.
[1] Following resampling, the first analysis recovers Kuttysuchus as the earliest branching member of the Paratypothoracini, with the contemporary Venkatasuchus in a much more derived position within the group.
[1] Aetosauroides Stagonolepidoidea Aetosaurus Coahomasuchus Apachesuchus Typothorax Redondasuchus Kuttysuchus Rioarribasuchus Kocurypelta Venkatasuchus Tecovasuchus Paratypothorax Aetosauroides Stenomyti Stagonolepidoidea Aetosaurus Coahomasuchus Apachesuchus Typothorax Redondasuchus Kuttysuchus Kocurypelta Rioarribasuchus Venkatasuchus Tecovasuchus Paratypothorax