• Reconstruction ofAlnashetri cerropoliciensisGabriel Díaz Yantén, Universidad Nacional de Río Negro • Reconstruction ofAlnashetri cerropoliciensis Gabriel Díaz Yantén, Universidad Nacional de Río Negro • An almost-complete skeleton of a dinosaur that weighed less than a small chicken has provided new insights into the evolution of alvarezsaurs, which are among the smallest dinosaurs that ever lived • The 95-million-year-old fossil ofAlnashetricerropoliciensiswas found at the La Buitrera site in northern Patagonia, Argentina, in 2014 • Read moreBizarre fossil may have been an entirely new type of life Read more Bizarre fossil may have been an entirely new type of life Advertisement The first specimen ofAlnashetri, found in 2012, was a set of incomplete hindlimb bones, saysPeter Makovickyat the University of Minnesota, who was part of the study on the new fossil • With only fragmentary remains, it was impossible to say more than that it was probably an alvarezsaur

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  • An almost-complete skeleton of a dinosaur that weighed less than a small chicken has provided new insights into the evolution of alvarezsaurs, which are among the smallest dinosaurs that ever lived. The 95-million-year-old fossil of Alnashetri cerropoliciensis was found at the La Buitrera site in northern Patagonia, Argentina, in 2014. Advertisement The first specimen of Alnashetri, found in 2012, was a set of incomplete hindlimb bones, says Peter Makovicky at the University of Minnesota, who was part of the study on the new fossil. With only fragmentary remains, it was impossible to say more

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