Early meat-eating dinosaur unearthed

Pint-sized, two-legged runner dates back to the dawn of the dinos

The dinosaur family tree just added a new relative: a small, nipping, meat-eating creature dating back to dinosaurs’ earliest days.

At roughly 4 feet high and 10 to 15 pounds in weight, the newfound primitive dinosaur Eodromaeus would have been an agile but not fearsome hunter.