Saltopus elginensis (meaning "hopping foot") is a monospecific genus of Ornithodiran. it was only 60 cm long and weighed about 1 kilo. It was small but also very fast. It probably was insectivorous. It lived in Late Triassic Scotland.
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- Popular youtuber Johntron briefly mentions the Saltopus in his Jurassic Park: The Lost World review (which was later taken off his youtube channel but has since been archived by fans).
- The Saltopus is featured in Dougal Dixon's book Saltopus and other first dinosaurs.
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Saltopus
I'm a Dinosaur - Saltopus