| Named By: | Georg Gurich in 1884 |
| Time Period: | Lower and Middle Triassic (Olenekian to Anisian) |
| Location: | Europe |
| Size: | Around 20 centimetres long |
| Diet: | Piscivore |
| Fossil(s): | Partial post cranial remains of the anterior (forward portion) skeleton |
| Classification: | | Chordata | Reptilia | Sauropterygia | Nothosauroidea | Pachypleurosauria | Pachypleurosauridae | |
| Also known as: | | Dactylosaurus schroederi | |
Dactylosaurus is a genus of nothosaur in the family Pachypleurosauridae. Along with Anarosaurus, Dactylosaurus was one of the earliest known pachypleurosaurs to come from Europe.