The smallest dinosaur out there was the Saltopus. A bipedal dinosaur that only grew to be about 30-40 inches long. They lived during the late Triassic Period in Scotland. The Saltopus was discovered by William Taylor and named by Freidrich von Huene in 1910. Freidrich came up with the name Saltopus from the Latin word saltare meaning to jump and the Greek word pous meaning foot. It would only be the size of a domestic cat and because the Saltopus had hollow bones, it would have only weighed about two pounds. Pretty small for a dinosaur, but this little guy was still a vicious carnivore. It would probably be fun to have a pet Saltopus running around the house though.
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