Velocipes

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Velocipes Fossil range: Late Triassic
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Sauropsida Superorder: ?Dinosauria Order: ?Saurischia Suborder: ?Theropoda Genus: Velocipes von Huene, 1932
Species
V. guerichi von Huene, 1932 (type)

Velocipes (meaning "quick foot") is a possible theropod dinosaur genus from the Late Triassic. Its fossils were found in Poland. 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

• Velocipes in the Dinosaur Encyclopedia at Dino Russ's Lair
• Velocipes on the Dinosaur Mailing List