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Patrick Pester

Mysterious 'runner' dinosaur a sign there are more Jurassic secrets to unlock beneath western US

An illustration of Enigmacursor mollyborthwickae.

A mysterious "runner" dinosaur, only about the size of a dog, scurried around the ancient floodplains of what is now Colorado around 150 million years ago, a new study finds.

The two-legged herbivore, named Enigmacursor mollyborthwickae, was around 3 feet (1 meter) long and 1.5 feet (0.5 m) tall. However, despite its small stature, the discovery of this dinosaur is having a big impact on scientists' understanding of several Jurassic species.

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