Saltopus was a genus of very small bipedal dinosaur that lived in the late Triassic period, about 225-222 million years ago. This was when the Earth was warmer than it is today. In 1910, fossils were found in Scotland by Friedrich von. The name means "jumping foot".
Since the remains found were incomplete, so some information about the creature is uncertain. However, it was the size of a small cat, with hollow bones like those of a bird, a long head with dozens of small, sharp teeth. It had five fingers on its hands, but the fourth and fifth fingers were tiny. It was a carnivore that had eaten mostly insects, or a scavenger ate the carcasses it found. It walked on two legs and was a relatively fast runner.
Saltopus was 80 to 100 cm long and weighed 1 kg.
The name saltopus means "jumping foot".
Saltopus was a genus of very small bipedal dinosauriform that lived in the late Triassic period, about 225-222 million years ago.
A saltopus was a carnivore that had eaten mainly insects, or a scavenger ate the carcasses it found.
In 1910, fossils were found in Scotland by Friedrich von.
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