Saltopus

Saltopus
Temporal range: Late Triassic,
The Holotype specimen, NHMUK PV R 3915, in the collections of the Natural History Museum, London.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Dinosauromorpha
Clade: Dinosauriformes
Clade: Dracohors
Genus: †Saltopus
von Huene, 1910
Species:
†S. elginensis
Binomial name
†Saltopus elginensis
von Huene, 1910

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.

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