Velocipes
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.
Velocipes Temporal range: Late Triassic, Norian | |
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Fibula of the holotype | |
Scientific 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 | |
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.
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