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SALTOPUS
(salt-o-puss)
meaning: "hopping foot"
Saltopus
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 |
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Saltopus ("hopping foot") is a genus of very small bipedal dinosauriforms containing the single species S. elginensis from the late Triassic period of Scotland.

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