• 90-million-year-old tiny bird-like dinosaur’s skeleton unearthed in Argentina Weighing under 2 lbs, Alnashetri stands out as one of the smallest non-avian dinosaurs ever discovered in South America • For ninety million years, a two-pound skeleton lay hidden in the red sandstones of Patagonia • It was small and fragile • And, as paleontologists now realize, it was the key to unlocking one of paleontology’s most enduring mysteries • A team led by University of Minnesota researcher Peter Makovicky and Argentinean colleague Sebastián Apesteguía has unveiled a near-complete skeleton of Alnashetri cerropoliciensis • Weighing under 2 lbs, Alnashetri stands out as one of the smallest non-avian dinosaurs ever discovered in South America

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  • 90-million-year-old tiny bird-like dinosaur’s skeleton unearthed in Argentina Weighing under 2 lbs, Alnashetri stands out as one of the smallest non-avian dinosaurs ever discovered in South America. For ninety million years, a two-pound skeleton lay hidden in the red sandstones of Patagonia. It was small and fragile. And, as paleontologists now realize, it was the key to unlocking one of paleontology’s most enduring mysteries. A team led by University of Minnesota researcher Peter Makovicky and Argentinean colleague Sebastián Apesteguía has unveiled a near-complete skeleton of Alnashetri cerro

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