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World's tiniest dinosaur remarkably well preserved
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| Author: | Lee Allison |
|---|---|
| Date: | 2016-04-01 17:28:00 |
| Blog: | Arizona Geology  |
| URL: | http://arizonageology.blogspot.com/2016/04/worlds-tiniest-dinosaur-remarkably-well.html |
Summary:
The world's smallest dinosaur has been recovered from the waste rock pile outside an old mine adit in northwestern Arizona. The distant cousin of the famous Tyrannosaurus-Rex ("T-Rex") would have weighed less than a pound when alive, according to discoverer, Gil Davidson, author of the scientific paper published today in the International Bulletin of Economic Taphonomy (IBET). Davidson notedContent analysis:
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