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Tiny Raptor Discovered.

Galvasean · 2009-03-18 12:00:41

It appears to be a close realative of Microraptor. Smaller than a chicken, the Canadian born Hesperonychus elizabethae is now officially North America's smallest meat eating dinosaur. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/03/090316-smallest-dinosaur.html Yep, yep, yep, that's a penny.

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18-03-2009 1:00pm

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Galvasean

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It appears to be a close realative of Microraptor. Smaller than a chicken, the Canadian born Hesperonychus elizabethae is now officially North America's smallest meat eating dinosaur.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/03/090316-smallest-dinosaur.html

Yep, yep, yep, that's a penny.

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#2 18-03-2009 1:22pm
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Finally a Raptor that doesn't scare the crap out of me

Won't mind seeing an "accurate" artists impression of one... All I can imagine is Kentucky Fried Chicken that fights back!

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#3 22-03-2009 2:16pm
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Ask and thou shall recieve,

by Nick Longrich of the University of Calgary.

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#4 22-03-2009 11:34pm
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Yay! Raptors, large or small are the coolest dinosaurs of all the times!

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