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General => Science => Topic started by: Tank on June 15, 2011, 07:50:55 PM

Title: Sussex fossil collector finds 'smallest' dinosaur
Post by: Tank on June 15, 2011, 07:50:55 PM
Sussex fossil collector finds 'smallest' dinosaur (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-13780401)

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QuoteThe fossil of what is thought to be one of the world's smallest dinosaurs has been found at a brickworks in Sussex.

Experts from the University of Portsmouth identified the creature after a local fossil collector found it at the Ashdown Brickworks near Bexhill.

Palaeontologist Dr Steve Sweetman said: "It represents the smallest dinosaur we have yet discovered in the European fossil record."

The bird-shaped fossil is between 13in (33cm) and 16in (40cm) in length...

What a fascinating little creature.