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The smallest dinosaur in the world emerges from the burgal deposits as a key piece to understand the early evolution of dinosaurs and their adaptations to the environment. World’s smallest dinosaur discovered in Burgos An unexpected finding rewrites the evolutionary history of a key group of herbivorous dinosaurs and places Spain on the world scientific map. Researchers discovered fossils in 1998 at the Vegagete site, near the burgalese town of …
A set of fossils found in the province of Burgos, Spain led to the identification of Foskeia pelendonum, a new herbivorous dinosaur of the lower Cretaceous that provides decisive data to understand the early evolution of the ornitischi, one of the large groups of dinosaurs.The study, published in Papers in Palaeontology magazine, is based on remains from the Castrillo de la Reina Formation, near the municipality of Salas de los Infantes, an area…
Spanish Paleontologists have just revealed unprecedented information after a detailed study of some remains located in the province of Burgos. This discovery presents an animal whose dimensions contradict what we usually imagine when thinking of dinosaurs. It is a unique specimen that inhabited the area of Salas de los Infantes approximately 125 million years ago. This dinosaur stands out precisely for its unique size. Thanks to the specimen, re…
With a skull of just five centimeters and a powerful jaw, this tiny ornithopod had no beak and chewed vegetables of great hardness.
The 800 fossilized bones found in the Vegagete site are in good condition.
Newly discovered tiny dinosaur fossil raises big questions
By Stef Verhagen A box of bones does not usually look like a plot twist. But when paleontologists began studying a set of unusually small fossils from Spain, they realized they were dealing with something that did not fit the usual expectations for plant-eating dinosaurs. The animal was small, yes, but the real surprise was what that small body might reveal about how dinosaur lineages changed over time.Below is what researchers say they have lea…
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