Dolichosuchus
Dolichosuchus |
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Tibia | |
Scientific classification ![]() |
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Order: | Saurischia |
Suborder: | Theropoda |
Clade: | Neotheropoda |
Superfamily: | †Coelophysoidea |
Genus: | †Dolichosuchus Huene, 1932 |
Species: | †D. cristatus Huene, 1932 |
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Dolichosuchus cristatus |
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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.[1]
The type species is D. cristatus, described by Huene in 1932. The bone was recovered from a Lower or Middle Stubensandstein formation.[2]
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