Velocipes

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Velocipes Fossil range: Late Triassic
Conservation status
Extinct (fossil)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Sauropsida Superorder: Dinosauria Order: Saurischia Suborder:  ?Theropoda Genus: Velocipes Von Huene, 1932

Velocipes (meaning "quick foot") was a possible theropod dinosaur from the Late Triassic. Its fossils were found in Germany. It is not well-known: in fact, the fossils are so poorly preserved that identification remains unclear. The type species, V. guerichi, was first described by von Huene in 1932. A later paper, published in 2000 by Rauhut and Hungerbuhler, classified the animal as an "indeterminate vertebrate".

[edit] References

• http://www.dinoruss.com/de_4/5ce88ec.htm
• http://dml.cmnh.org/2001May/msg00024.html