Dolichosuchus
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Dolichosuchus Temporal range: Late Triassic, 208 Ma |
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| Tibia | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Order: | Saurischia |
| Suborder: | Theropoda |
| Clade: | Neotheropoda |
| Superfamily: | †Coelophysoidea |
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†Dolichosuchus Huene, 1932 |
| Species: | †D. cristatus |
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Dolichosuchus cristatus Huene, 1932 |
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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.
The type species is D. cristatus, described by Huene in 1932. The bone was recovered from a Lower or Middle Stubensandstein formation.
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