Named By: | Friedrich von Huene in 1910 |
Time Period: | Late Triassic, 228 Ma |
Location: | Scotland - Lossiemouth Sandstone Formation |
Size: | Estimated to be about 80-100 centimetres long |
Diet: | Carnivore/Insectivore |
Fossil(s): | Partial post cranial skeleton |
Classification: | | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauriformes | |
Saltopus ("hopping foot") is a genus of very small bipedal dinosauriforms containing the single species S. elginensis from the late Triassic period of Scotland.