Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Tiny dinosaur fossil is found in China (AP)

This undated handout artist rendering provided by the PNAS/National Academy of Sciences shows a life reconstruction of Nemicolopterus crypticus, a small derived flying reptile that lived in the gingko forests that existed some 120 million years ago in present China. As pterodactyls go it was small, toothless and had unexpectedly curved toes — yet scientists are welcoming their new find as another piece in the puzzle of ancient life. (AP Photo/PNAS/National Academy of Sciences, Michael Skrepnickaption) Image courtesy of PNAS/National Academy of Sciences (copyright 2008).AP - As pterodactyls go it was small, toothless and had unexpectedly curved toes — yet scientists are welcoming their new find as another piece in the puzzle of ancient life.


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