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English: Restoration of the Late Triassic Saltopus ("Leaping foot") squatting, preparing for a leap.

This restoration is mostly a guesswork: it is un certain what for a type of archosaurian Saltopus is, since the fossil that have been found is very incomplete. Intially considered a primitive theropod dinosaur related to Coelophysis, it is now considered to be a non-dinosaurian dinosauriform.[1] Saltopus was a small animal, often described as "the size of a domestic cat".

Measurements of Saltopus (holotype fossil)[1]

  • Humerus: ~4 cm.
  • Ulna: ~2.75 cm. (?)
  • Metacarpus: ~0.7 cm.
  • Femur: ~6.5 cm.
  • Tibia: 8 cm.
  • Metatarsus: 4.3 cm.
  • Tail (caudal vertebrae): >23 cm. (tip of the tail missing).
  • Thorax (thoracic and lumbar vertebrae): 13-15 cm.

References

  1. ↑ a b Benton M.J. & Walker A.D. (2010). "Saltopus, a dinosauriform from the Upper Triassic of Scotland". Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 101(3): p. 285 - 299. DOI: 10.1017/S1755691011020081
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