Dinosaur Discovered

A new type of dinosaur has just been discovered. This amazing creature lived 220 million years ago and was roughly the size of a fox. It stood on two long legs and outrun predators. The discoverer, Dr Richard Butler, had this to say:
“Eocursor is a very small and primitive dinosaur that would have eaten plants with its leaf-shaped teeth and had an unusually large, grasping hand. The lower leg bones are very long, suggesting it would have been able to run fast on its hind legs to escape from predators.” The fossils of this 10 cm long herbivore was found in South Africa in 1993 but only recently has been studied. It would make a very interesting school trip!