Agile 'roadrunner' dinosaur fossil discovered in China

[muriel_volestrangler]

One the most agile dinosaurs so far discovered has been unearthed in China.

The tiny dinosaur, dubbed a "roadrunner" by the scientists who found it, is also one of the smallest dinosaurs known.

Measuring just half a metre long, the fleet-footed theropod named Xixianykus zhangi was likely to have used a huge claw to dig for termites and ants.

It then used its speed to efficiently move between ant mounds and avoid the attentions of larger predators.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8592000/8592749.stm

Should have named it 'acmesaurus'.

[damyank913]

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