Dolichosuchus

{{Short description|Extinct genus of dinosaurs}}

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| fossil_range = Norian
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| image = Dolichosuchus fibula.jpg

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| image_caption = Tibia

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| taxon = Dolichosuchus cristatus

| parent_authority = Huene, 1932

| authority = 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 (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.Rauhut and Hungerbuhler (2000). "A review of European Triassic theropods." Gaia, 15: 75-88.

The type species is D. cristatus, described by Huene in 1932. The bone was recovered from the Lower or Middle Stubensandstein formation.Huene, F. (1932). "Die fossile Reptil-Ordnung Saurischia, ihre Entwicklung und Geschichte." Monog. Geol. Pal., 4 (1): pts. 1 and 2, viii + 361 pp.