Velocipes

swift foot

• velox (veloci-) · Latin · swift, fast
• pes · Latin · foot

The name combines Latin words for "swift" and "foot". It refers to the fossil, which is a foot-like (pes) specimen that von Huene interpreted as belonging to a lightly built, fast-running theropod-like animal. The type species is Velocipes guerichi.

Named by

von Huene

Year named

1932

Period

Late Triassic

Found in

Poland

Generally treated as a dubious name based on scrappy material, regarded as a possible early theropod. Its dinosaur status and exact age are uncertain. Not to be confused with Velociraptor.