The Avipes was named by Von Huene in 1932. means "bird feet". This Carnivore lived during the Mid-Triassic Period and was found in Bedheim, Südthüringen, Germany.

Due to the major limitations of findings for this dinsosaur the species has no dinosaur group or taxon. The fossils were poorly preserved. It was originally classified as a coelurosaur or a ceratosaur and was redescribed as an indeterminate archosaur by Rauhut and Hungerbuhler in 2000, but still unsure if this should be where Avipes is classified to.