Velocipes

Say it like this: “veh-LOH-sih-pez”

Velocipes guerichi

Velocipes ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Triassic. Bones have been found in PL.

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When: Late Triassic (Norian) · roughly 227.3 to 205.7 million years ago
Named in: 1932 · Huene, F. V.
Hip height: Not established
Length: 3 m · 10 ft
Weight: 50 kg · 110 lb
Found in: PL
Food and walking: Carnivore · Two legs
Kind: early dinosaur · Early dinosaur
Family branch: Saurischia

The story in short

Velocipes was formally named in 1932 by F. V. Huene.

Fossils referred to Velocipes date to the Late Triassic (Norian), roughly 227.3 to 205.7 million years ago. Finds come from PL. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.

Published estimates put Velocipes at a length near 3 m and a body mass around 50 kg.

On the family tree it sits in Saurischia, among the earliest dinosaurs.

Close relatives

Chindesaurus

Chindesaurus bryansmalli

Late Triassic (Norian) · roughly 227.3 to 205.7 million years ago

Daemonosaurus

Daemonosaurus chauliodus

Late Triassic (Rhaetian) · roughly 205.7 to 201.4 million years ago

Eshanosaurus

Eshanosaurus deguchiianus

Early Jurassic (Hettangian) · roughly 201.4 to 199.5 million years ago