Bird-sized fossil found in Myanmar could be smallest dinosaur: Scientists
India, March 12 -- The study could offer insight into how dinosaurs evolved to be small, according to scientists
A group of scientists may have discovered the smallest dinosaur yet. They found the fossilised skull of a dinosaur - the size of a modern hummingbird - trapped in a 99-million-year-old amber in northern Myanmar.
The animal in question would have weighed 2 grams, claimed the scientists in a paper published in the Nature journal.
The fossil represented the smallest dinosaur from the Mesozoic era - about 250 million to 65 million years ago - according to the group.
The discovery suggests miniature body sizes in birds evolved earlier than previously recognised. This may provide insight into how dinosaurs evolved to be small and...
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