Dolichosuchus

Dolichosuchus Temporal range: Norian ~208 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Tibia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
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 (specimen NHMUK PV OR 38058). 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]

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.