Pint-Sized Bird May Be Smallest Dinosaur Yet
March 11, 2020
5:07 pm
Tinier than the teeniest bird, older than T-Rex and perfectly preserved for eternity: scientists have identified a 100-million-year-old flying dinosaur encased in amber that may be the smallest yet discovered.The skull of Oculudentavis khaungraae was found in a globule of amber in Myanmar, offering researchers a startlingly clear view of its features.
“When I first saw it I was blown away,” said Jingmai O’Connor, a paleontologist from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and lead author of the study published in Nature on Wednesday.
“It’s pretty exquisitely preserved and really weird looking, with its unique scleral ring (eye bones) and …
