Dolichosuchus

Opisthokonta

Dolichosuchus Temporal range: Late Triassic, 208 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Superorder:	Dinosauria
Order:	Saurischia
Suborder:	Theropoda
Node:	Neotheropoda
Superfamily:	†Coelophysoidea
Genus:	†Dolichosuchus Huene, 1932
Species:	†D. cristatus

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 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 is closely resembles those of Liliensternus and Dilophosaurus.^[1]

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

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.

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