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| NAME: | Meaning - Saltopus means "hopping foot" Pronounced - SAL-to-pus Named By - Friedrick von Huene When Named - 1910 |
| DIET: | Carnivore (meat-eater) - it may have eaten mostly insects |
| SIZE: | Length - 2 ft (0.7 m) long Height - 8 inches (20 cm) tall at the hips Weight - 2 pounds (1 kg) |
| WHEN IT LIVED: | Late Triassic period, about 225-222 million years ago |
| WHERE IT LIVED: | Fossils have been found in Scotland, Europe. |
| FOSSILS: | Only a very incomplete, poorly-preserved fossil (including part of the skull) of Saltopus has been found. |
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| INTERESTING FACTS: |
Saltopus may have been a very early dinosaur. It was small, lightly-built dinosaur that walked on two legs. It had light, hollow bones, and a long head with dozens of small, sharp teeth. Saltopus has five fingers on its hands, but the fourth and fifth digits were very small. |
| LINKS: | A detailed page on Saltopus.
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