While dinosaurs spanned many time periods and regions, the oldest known dinosaur lived 245 million years ago. The Saltopus walked on two legs and had short forelimbs. Only one known partial skeleton of this species has been found. It was a meat-eater and was around 3 feet long. It probably weighed a little over 2 pounds.
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