:"HAL-tick-oh-SORE-us") is a dubious genus of theropod dinosaur from the late Triassic period (middle Norian stage, around 215.6–208 million years ago).

It was recovered by A. Burrer, G. Mayer, and E. Fraas in 1902,[4] at the Burrerschen Quarry, in gray/blue marl that was deposited during the Norian stage of the Triassic period, approximately 215-212 million years ago.

von Huene named Halticosaurus orbitoangulatus in 1932 on the basis of a mangled skull also from the Middle Stubensandstein,[5] but it is now considered to have belonged to the indeterminate loricatan archosaur Apatosuchus.

[8] According to Welles (1984) H. longotarsus could be distinguished from the similar species Liliensternus liliensterni based on the following features:[8] In 1992, Michael Benton noted that the skull was 18 inches (46 cm) long but was lightly built, with large fenestrae.

[9] However, the fossil material used by these previous researchers was later found to be mixed together with the remains of other animals, including a sauropodomorph (Sellosaurus gracilis).

[5] In 2000, Rauhut and Hungerbuhler reassigned this material to the genus Saltoposuchus, a crocodylomorph, based on the morphology of the teeth and the antorbital fenestra in the skull.