Dolichosuchus
From Greek dolichos (long) + soukhos (crocodile): 'long crocodile', a name reflecting its originally uncertain archosaur affinities.
Dolichosuchus 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.
Under dispute
Dolichosuchus cristatus is a nomen dubium based on a single tibia, originally identified as a crocodylomorph and later suggested to be a neotheropod near Liliensternus or Dilophosaurus (Rauhut and Hungerbühler, 2000).
Species
Dolichosuchus cristatus Huene, 1932 Nomen dubium
Type species
From Latin 'cristatus' meaning 'crested'.
- Holotype
- NHMUK PV OR 38058 , Natural History Museum
- Material
- Single tibia (lower leg bone)
- Horizon
- Löwenstein Formation, Norian, Late Triassic , 227.3–205.7 million years ago
- Locality
- Stuttgart-Kaltental, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
References
- Huene, F. V. (1932). Die fossile Reptil-Ordnung Saurischia, ihre Entwicklung und Geschichte [The fossil reptile order Saurischia, their development and history]. Monographien zur Geologie und Palaeontologie, serie 1 4(1-2): 1-361. huene1932a
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Sues, H. D.; Schoch, R. R. (2025). Synopsis of the Triassic reptiles from Germany. Fossil Record 28(2): 411-483. Pensoft Publishers. doi:10.3897/fr.28.164405
Gives the type locality as Stuttgart-Kaltental and the type horizon as the Löwenstein Formation, for which Stubensandstein is the superseded name.
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Rauhut, O. W. M.; Hungerbühler, A. (2000). A review of European Triassic theropods. Gaia 15: 75-88.
Reviewed European Triassic theropods, treating Dolichosuchus as a nomen dubium.
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