By Matt Kaplan. A small, toothy dinosaur known as Eoraptor, long considered to be the earliest member of the predatory branch of the dinosaur tree, is revealed to have traits that instead place it ...

The Eoraptor has grasping, five-fingered hands, but you could probably only spot three of the fingers on a living specimen, as two were smaller and folded into the fleshy part of the hand.

For decades, paleontologists have believed that the very first dinosaurs evolved in the southern parts of the ancient supercontinent Gondwana, specifically in what is now Argentina. This theory was ...

Eoraptor, possibly the first true dinosaur, was puny. Especially compared to top predators of the day like some of the giant rauisuchians. Over the next 30 million years, ...

A restoration of Nyasasaurus in its Middle Triassic habitat, based on the known bones and comparisons to closely related forms. Art by Mark Witton. For the past twenty years, Eoraptor has ...

Eoraptor would’ve only come up to about your knees. In fact, most early Triassic dinosaurs were on the shrimpy side. Including predators, like the fierce, mule-sized Coelophysis.

Eoraptor, Herrerasaurus and the recently-described Panphagia are among the oldest representatives of the famous vertebrate group, and all come from the 231-million-year-old rock of Argentina's ...

The creature, named Eoraptor by its discoverers, appeared only 1 or 2 million years […] Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 65°F. Tuesday, May 13th 2025 Baltimore Sun eNewspaper.

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