Velocipes

Velocipes
Temporal range: Late Triassic, Norian
Fibula of the holotype
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Eusaurischia
Clade: Theropoda (?)
Genus: Velocipes
Huene, 1932
Species:
V. guerichi
Binomial name
Velocipes guerichi
Huene, 1932

Velocipes (meaning "quick foot") is a saurischian dinosaur genus from the Late Triassic that may have been a theropod; its fossils were found in the Norian-age Lissauer Breccia of southern Poland.[1]

Upon discovery, Velocipes was thought to have been a coelurosaur, but more recent studies have shown that Velocipes was probably a basal theropod or dinosauriform.[1]

  1. ^ a b Velocipes on the Dinosaur Mailing List

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