Dolichosuchus

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Dolichosuchus
Temporal range: Norian
~208  Ma
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Tibia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Clade: Neotheropoda
Superfamily: Coelophysoidea
Genus: Dolichosuchus
Huene, 1932
Species:
D. cristatus
Binomial name
Dolichosuchus cristatus
Huene, 1932

Dolichosuchus (meaning "long crocodile") is the name given to a genus of dinosaur from the Triassic. It was originally classified in the disused family Hallopodidae, but has since been reclassified as a coelophysoid. A single fossil (consisting of a single lower leg bone, or tibia) was found in Germany. Since only one bone was discovered, the genus is considered a nomen dubium . Some scientists have noted that the tibia closely resembles those of Liliensternus and Dilophosaurus . [1]

The type species is D. cristatus, described by Huene in 1932. The bone was recovered from the Lower or Middle Stubensandstein formation. [2]

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References

  1. Rauhut and Hungerbuhler (2000). "A review of European Triassic theropods." Gaia, 15: 75-88.
  2. Huene, F. (1932). "Die fossile Reptil-Ordnung Saurischia, ihre Entwicklung und Geschichte." Monog. Geol. Pal., 4 (1): pts. 1 and 2, viii + 361 pp.