Saltopus Saltopus
"Etymology TBD"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Saltopus 5 m (16.4 ft) long
3 people holding hands
- Length
- 5 m (16.4 ft)
- Period
- Late Triassic (235–205 Mya)
- Place
- United Kingdom
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Dinosauria
Saltopus (“hopping foot”) is a genus of very small bipedal dinosauriform containing the single species Saltopus elginensis from the late Triassic period of Scotland. It is one of the most famous Elgin Reptiles.
What we know
- Named by von Huene, 1910.
- Fossils found in United Kingdom.