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PODOKESAURUS
(poe-doe-key-sore-us)
Podokesaurus
Named By: Mignon Talbot in 1911
Time Period: Early Jurassic, 183 Ma
Location: USA, - Portland Formation
Size: About 90 centimetres long
Diet: Insectivore/Carnivore
Fossil(s): Two individuals of partial remains. Holotype destroyed in a fire
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Saurischia | Theropoda | Coelophysoidea | Coelophysidae |
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Podokesaurus ("swift-footed lizard") was a small carnivorous dinosaur that living during the Pliensbachian-Toarcian stages of the Early Jurassic Period, and as such is one of the earliest known dinosaurs to inhabit the eastern United States.

Read more about Podokesaurus at Wikipedia
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