|
|
| Line 1: |
Line 1: |
| [[Image:Salto.jpg|thumb|200px| Saltopus]]
| |
|
| |
|
| This debatable tiny dinosaur, is believed to be a tiny biped, roughly 23 inches long and was first discovered in Scotland, 1909.
| |
|
| |
| ==Size==
| |
|
| |
| It was probably the size of a small cat, it had hollow bones like a bird and probably weighed about 2 pounds. It had little five fingered hands, a long head with dozens of sharp teeth. Unfortunately not much is known about this tiny possible [[coelurosaur]] due to the only discoveries being mostly hind limb fragments, but it is considered to have been a carnivore that probably spent more time catching insects and scavenging it's food.
| |
|
| |
| ==Points of Debate==
| |
| It's because of the scant fossils of this tiny creature that so little is really known, including what to specificially classify it as. Some think it may be a [[saurischian]] dinosaur, a few guess a more advanced [[theropod]] and closely related to the [[herrerasaurs]]. However it's taxonomy is in a constant state of dispute. Including suggestions that the fragments found may be a juvenile specimen of a larger [[theropod]]. While in 2000 it was suggested it may be a primitive dinsoaur form, more closely related to a [[lagosuchus]].
| |
|
| |
| ==External Link==
| |
| *[http://www.dinodictionary.com/dinos_s.asp Saltopus Stats]
| |
|
| |
| [[Category:Dinosaurs]]
| |
