Velocipes

Taxobox
name = "Velocipes"
fossil_range = Late Triassic
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
superordo = ?Dinosauria
ordo = ?Saurischia
subordo = ?Theropoda
genus = "Velocipes"
genus_authority = von Huene, 1932
subdivision_ranks=Species
subdivision=
*"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".

References

* [http://www.dinoruss.com/de_4/5ce88ec.htm "Velocipes" in the Dinosaur Encyclopedia] at Dino Russ's Lair
* [http://dml.cmnh.org/2001May/msg00024.html "Velocipes"] on the Dinosaur Mailing List