Saltopus Huene 1910 (ornithodiran)

Reptilia - Dinosauromorpha

Full reference: F. v. Huene. 1910. Ein primitiver Dinosaurier aus der mittleren Trias von Elgin [A primitive dinosaur from the Middle Trias of Elgin]. Geologie und Paläontologie Abhandlungen (n.s.) 8(6):317-322

Parent taxon: Dinosauriformes according to M. J. Benton and A. D. Walker 2011

See also Anderson and Cruickshank 1978, Battail 1986, Carroll 1988, Huene 1910, Huene 1914, Huene 1914, Huene 1914, Huene 1914, Huene 1914, Huene 1920, Huene 1940, Kuhn 1939, Langer 2004, Naish and Martill 2007, Nopcsa 1928, Rauhut and Hungerbühler 2000, Romer 1956, Romer 1966, Simmons 1965, Steel 1970, Swinton 1970, Tatarinov 1964 and von Zittel 1911

Sister taxa: Dinosauria, Ignotosaurus, Lagosuchus, Lagosuchus talampayensis, Marasuchus, Silesauridae

Subtaxa: Saltopus elginensis

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Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at Lossiemouth West & East Quarries, Elgin (Triassic of the United Kingdom)

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