HardEoraptor
Eoraptor lunensis
EE-oh-RAP-tor· “dawn thief”
🦕 Dinosaur🕰️ Triassic🍽️ omnivore🦴 Eoraptoridae
1 m
Length
0.4 m
Height
10 kg
Weight
One of the earliest known dinosaurs — a small, lightly built runner from the Late Triassic of Argentina. Its mix of leaf-shaped and pointed teeth hints at an omnivorous diet right at the dinosaurs' origin.
When
Late Triassic, ~231 million years ago
Found in
Argentina
Discovered
Paul Sereno, 1991
Did you know?
- Among the oldest known dinosaurs, at about 231 million years old.
- A mix of tooth shapes suggests it ate both plants and small animals.
- Found in the 'Valley of the Moon' (Ischigualasto), Argentina.
Artwork: Debivort, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.