Genus: Dibothrosuchus SIMMONS, 1965
Etymology: Greek, di, "two", Greek, bothrion, "furrow, trench" and Greek, souchus, "crocodile."
= Dibthrosuchus DONG, 1980 (sic)

Species: elaphros SIMMONS, 1965
Etymology: Greek, elaphros, "nimble, light, fleet."

Holotype: CUP 2081

Locality: Near Dawa Village, about 10 km northeast of the Lufeng town, (lat . 25’10”N, 102’10”E, Yunnan Province, China.

Horizon: Zhangjiawa Formation, (Upper Lower Lufeng Formation), Lower Lufeng Group, Dark Red Beds.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Lias Epoch, Early Jurassic.

Material: A partially complete skull and jaws, a series of articulated vertebrae from the cervical, dorsal, sacral and caudal regions of the column, and a fragment of the forelimb and hand.

Referred specimens.

CUP 2489: Partial postcranial skeleton.

CUP 2106: Left coracoid.

CUP 2084: Right ilium and proximal head of femur.

 

= Dibothrosuchus xingusensis WU, 1986
Etymology: In reference to the river (Xingu River) near the type locality.

Holotype: IVPP V 7907

Locality: About 150 m northwest of the Dawa School, Lufeng County, Yunnan Province, China.

Horizon: Zhangjiawa Formation (Old The lower part of the Dark Red Beds of Upper Lower Lufeng Formation).

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Lias Epoch, Early Jurassic.

Material: A nearly complete skull with lower jaws, 12 presacal vertebrae, the first 8 paired dorsal scutes, the almost complete right fore-limb, the right scapula, coracoid and ilium.

Dibothrosuchus elaphros (IVPP V 7907) after Wu & Chatterjee, 1993.

Dibothrosuchus elaphros (IVPP V 7907) after Wu & Chatterjee, 1993.