Roadrunner Alert

A tiny ‘roadrunner’ looking dinosaur has been found in China.

Scientists believe it would have been one of the fastest dinosaurs ever discovered and that’s why they gave it the ‘roadrunner’ nickname, after that super-speedy bird.

It is also believed to be one of the smallest dinosaurs ever unearthed measuring just half a metre long. It’s official name is Xixianykus zhangi – quite a mouthful!

It had a huge claw to dig out termites and ants and used its speed to run between ant mounds while trying to avoid the attention of larger dinosaurs. It didn’t stand a hope against them so had to out-run them every time.