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The new research unveils a previously unknown, 230 million-year-old pint-sized carnivorous dinosaur species that the scientists have dubbed Eodromaeus, or dawn runner.
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The new research unveils a previously unknown, 230 million-year-old pint-sized carnivorous dinosaur species that the scientists have dubbed Eodromaeus, or dawn runner.
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In addition to the discovery of Eodromaeus – which means dawn runner – the researchers proposed reclassifying a previously known dinosaur called Eoraptor.
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But while it stood on two feet like T. rex, Eodromaeus pronounced eyo-DRO-may-us was a lightweight at just 10- to 15-pounds.
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It was similar in size to Eodromaeus, but differences in the teeth indicate Eoraptor more likely was an ancestor of the giant plant-eating sauropod dinosaurs than the hunting theropods like T. rex with which it had been associated, according to Sereno, Paul N.
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"A new species of early dinosaur is always an exciting find, especially when the specimens are so complete, like Eodromaeus," added Randall B.
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The Eodromaeus' fossils were discovered in the late 1990s in the Ischigualasto formation in northeastern Argentina.
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Sereno of the University of Chicago, a leader of the team that discovered Eodromaeus.
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It was similar in size to Eodromaeus, but differences in the teeth indicate Eoraptor more likely was an ancestor of the giant plant-eating sauropod dinosaurs than the hunting theropods like T. rex with which it had been associated, according to Sereno, Paul N.
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But now the search gets elusive because of the lack of bones below the level where Eodromaeus was found.
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