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Podokesaurus is a dinosaurs that lived in the eastern US in the Early Jurassic Period. Its fossil, preserving much of the body, limbs, and tail, was discovered by the geologist Mignon Talbot near Mount Holyoke, Ma, in 1910. Talbot, the first woman to find and describe a dinosaur, named it Podokesaurus holyokensis. The holotype was lost in a fire in 1917 and no other specimens have been discovered. It was about 1 m long and weighed 1-40 kg. It had hollow bones, and was slender, long-necked, and had sharp, recurved teeth. One of few small theropods known when it was described, its relationships were unclear. It was placed in the family Podokesauridae and was speculated to have been similar to a proto-bird. Its family has now been replaced by Coelophysidae, of which it is a member. It would have been a speedy predator, with powerful forelimbs and grasping hands. It could have run at 15-20 km/h. It was probably collected from the Portland Formation, which may date to 201–190 million years ago.