some features of the limbs, pelvic and pectoral girdles are also diagnostic in "diandongosuchus", including a thick ischium bone in the hip, an opening of the coracoid bone in the pectoral girdle that is much larger than those of other archosaurs and is closed by the end of the scapula, and a fourth metatarsal bone in the foot that is longer than the other metatarsals. the scapula of "diandongosuchus" is longer and narrower than that of "qianosuchus". the iliac blade of the hip is unusual in that it is narrow and projects far back from the rest of the hip. as in "qianosuchus", the femur of "diandongosuchus" is slightly twisted, but the fibula is thinner and more curved. the astragalus and calcaneum bones of the ankle fit together like a ball-and-socket, a feature that confirms "diandongosuchus" as a pseudosuchian. some of the phalanges or toe bones are missing in zmnh m8770, but the metatarsals are present and have unique proportions among triassic archosaurs in which the fourth is longer than the third.