Dolichosuchus

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Dolichosuchus Fossil range: Late Triassic
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Sauropsida Order: Saurischia Suborder: Theropoda Superfamily: Coelophysoidea Genus: Dolichosuchus
Binomial name
Dolichosuchus cristatus von Huene, 1932

Dolichosuchus (meaning "long crocodile") is the name given to a genus of dinosaur from the Triassic. It was described as a coelurosaur, but has been reclassified as a coelophysoid. A fossil (consisting of a single leg bone) was found in Germany. Since only one bone was discovered, the genus is considered a nomen dubium.

The type species is D. cristatus, described by von Huene in 1932.

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