Saltopus elginensis 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

Belongs to Saltopus according to M. J. Benton and A. D. Walker 2011

See also Clark 2001, Huene 1910, Huene 1914, Huene 1940, Kuhn 1939, Langer 2004, Langer et al. 2010, Marzola and Dalla Vecchia 2014, Naish and Martill 2007, Paul 1988, Rauhut and Hungerbühler 2000, Simmons 1965, Steel 1970, Swinton 1970 and Welles 1984

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NHMUK (formerly BMNH) R.3915, a partial skeleton (partial postcranial skeleton). Its type locality is Lossiemouth West & East Quarries, Elgin, which is in a Carnian/Norian dune sandstone/sandstone in the Lossiemouth Sandstone Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at Lossiemouth West & East Quarries, Elgin

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