Scientists Unearth Dog-Sized Dinosaur That Roamed With Giants

Scientists Unearth Dog-Sized Dinosaur That Roamed With Giants

For years, a pint-sized dinosaur skeleton was misidentified—until now. Meet Enigmacursor, or “puzzling runner,” a Labrador-sized dino. It scurried beneath the shadows of Jurassic giants like Stegosaurus 150 million years ago. Originally labeled a Nanosaurus, it turns out this dino is in a league of its own.On Thursday, it becomes the first new dinosaur to join London’s Natural History Museum in a decade. Conservators Lu Allington-Jones and Kiera…

Dog-sized dinosaur that scuttled between feet of giants 150m years ago discovered

Palaeontologists say they hope the discovery could open the way for hundreds more identifications

Labrador-sized dinosaur to go on display at Natural History Museum

Scientists say the dinosaur lived around 150 million years ago and would run around the feet of famous giants like the Stegosaurus

Natural History Museum to display rare dog-sized dinosaur

The dinosaur was mislabelled and misunderstood - but scientists now realise how special it is.

Dog-sized dinosaur that ran around feet of giants discovered - EnviroLink Network

5 hours agoShareSaveGeorgina RannardScience correspondentReporting fromNatural History Museum, LondonShareSaveGwyndaf Hughes/BBC NewsGwyndaf HughesScience videographerShareSaveA labrador-sized dinosaur was wrongly categorised when it was found and is actually a new species, scientists have discovered.Its new name is Enigmacursor - meaning puzzling runner - and it lived about 150 million years ago, running around the feet of famous giants