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sharp-clawed runner · Doubtful name
Dolichosuchus
Say it like this: “do-LIK-o-SOO-kus”
Dolichosuchus cristatus
Dolichosuchus ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Triassic. Bones have been found in Germany.
- When
- Late Triassic (Norian) · roughly 227.3 to 205.7 million years ago
- Named in
- 1932 · Huene, F. V.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- Not established
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- Germany · Löwenstein
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Neotheropoda
The story in short
Dolichosuchus was formally named in 1932 by F. V. Huene.
It lived in the Late Triassic (Norian), roughly 227.3 to 205.7 million years ago. Finds come from Germany, including the Löwenstein Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
The fossils of Dolichosuchus are too incomplete for a responsible length, hip height, or weight, so those fields are left blank on purpose.
On the family tree it sits in Neotheropoda, among the theropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Cryolophosaurus
Cryolophosaurus ellioti
Early Jurassic (Sinemurian · Pliensbachian) · roughly 199.5 to 184.2 million years ago
Dilophosaurus
Dilophosaurus wetherilli
Early Jurassic (Hettangian · Sinemurian · Pliensbachian) · roughly 201.4 to 184.2 million years ago
Dracovenator
Dracovenator regenti
Early Jurassic (Hettangian · Sinemurian) · roughly 201.4 to 192.9 million years ago