Smallest known species of dinosaur discovered in amber

Slightly inaccurate as (although cladistically it is of course a dinosaur) it seems to be more derived than the generally-accepted dividing point between avian and non-avian dinosaurs and hence is more accurately a bird, and moreover the long bony tail means it would have been longer and heavier than the bee hummingbird.
 
DavidBrown said:
The smallest known species of dinosaur has been found in amber. It was the size of a bee hummingbird!
https://www.washingtonpost.com/scie...mallest-dinosaur-ever-found/#comments-wrapper
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TeaLovingDave said:
Slightly inaccurate as (although cladistically it is of course a dinosaur) it seems to be more derived than the generally-accepted dividing point between avian and non-avian dinosaurs and hence is more accurately a bird, and moreover the long bony tail means it would have been longer and heavier than the bee hummingbird.
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From a cladistic standpoint, though, isn't it more accurate that the bee hummingbird is actually the smallest known species of dinosaur? :p

(Still a very cool paleontological event, thanks for posting @DavidBrown.)
 
Coelacanth18 said:
From a cladistic standpoint, though, isn't it more accurate that the bee hummingbird is actually the smallest known species of dinosaur?
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Indeed :p which is why the claim in the article is slightly inaccurate either way.
 
....and now it seems that the original description reached some hasty conclusions and the amber fossil may in fact be a lizard :P
 
Is no-one going to mention other the controversy here? There's apparently a lot of questions surrounding how burmese amber finances the conflict within the area its found.
 
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