Saltopus
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Saltopus 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
- Length
- 5 m (16.4 ft)
- Period
- Late Triassic (235–205 Mya)
- Place
- United Kingdom
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Dinosauria The clade containing all dinosaurs, terrestrial archosaurs with upright limbs.
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.
What we guess
The reconstruction notes for Saltopus — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.