Dolichosuchus

Dolichosuchus
Temporal range: Late Triassic, 208 Ma
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Tibia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Dinosauria
Order: Saurischia
Suborder: Theropoda
Clade: Neotheropoda
Superfamily: †Coelophysoidea
Genus: †Dolichosuchus
Huene, 1932
Species: †D. 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 a 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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