Smallest DInosaur

Model of a skeleton of "Nemicolopterus crypticus" a new species of tiny prehistoric flying reptile, presented by Brazilian<br />
palaeontologists in a news conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, <br />
Feb. 11, 2008. The toothless flying reptile lived in gingko forests that existed some 120 million years ago in present north-eastern China. With a windspan of 10 inches (250 mm), the species is one of the smallest pterosaurs known to date. (Austral Foto/Renzo Gostoli)

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Model of a skeleton of "Nemicolopterus crypticus" a new species of tiny prehistoric flying reptile, presented by Brazilian
palaeontologists in a news conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,
Feb. 11, 2008. The toothless flying reptile lived in gingko forests that existed some 120 million years ago in present north-eastern China. With a windspan of 10 inches (250 mm), the species is one of the smallest pterosaurs known to date. (Austral Foto/Renzo Gostoli)

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