| Dolichosuchus Temporal range: Norian ~  | |
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| Tibia | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota | 
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Chordata | 
| 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. 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]
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