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Tiniest Dinosaur in North America Found
nationalgeographic ^
| October 21, 2009
Posted on 10/25/2009 5:09:26 PM PDT by JoeProBono
The tiniest dinosaur in North America weighed less than a teacup Chihuahua, a new study says.
Seen above as an artist's reconstruction in front of a Tyrannosaurus rex skull at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County in California, the agile Fruitadens haagarorum was just 28 inches (70 centimeters) long and weighed less than two pounds (one kilogram).
The diminutive dinosaur likely darted among the legs of larger plant-eaters such as Brachiosaurus and predators such as Allosaurus about 150 million years ago, during the late Jurassic period.
Parts of the skulls, vertebrae, arms, and legs from four F. haagarorum specimens were found in the 1970s in Colorado and later stored at the Natural History Museum.
A recent analysis of the fossil leg bones showed not only that the dinosaur is a new species but that the largest of the specimens are full-grown adults.
The discovery knocks Albertonykus borealis, a chicken-size dinosaur identified in 2008, off its pedestal as the tiniest North American dinosaur.
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TOPICS: Outdoors; Pets/Animals; Science
KEYWORDS: dinosaur; godsgravesglyphs; jpb
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Da! 
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10/25/2009 6:28:00 PM PDT
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: Pistolshot
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10/25/2009 6:32:02 PM PDT
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: Krodg
Nice.
You have a grandson.
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10/25/2009 6:36:30 PM PDT
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Fishtalk
To: JoeProBono
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10/25/2009 6:36:56 PM PDT
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Daffynition
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To: JoeProBono
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posted on
10/25/2009 6:38:12 PM PDT
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Daffynition
(What's all this about hellfire and Dalmatians?)
To: JoeProBono
Xoposho! (mixing my cyrillic with my latin laters! LOL!
A buddy of mine went to Iraq, and gave me his old computer. It has an old version of Photoshop on it. I am going to have to boot up and learn it. That looks like too much fun for me NOT to be having! hahahaha
My Buddy is safe and sound and will be getting a new computer upon his return!
God Bless America! land of the tiniest dinosaur
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10/25/2009 6:38:36 PM PDT
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To: JoeProBono
Leonardo certainly was ahead of his time. ;’)
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10/25/2009 6:38:48 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: Pistolshot
Wonder why Noah didn’t have a pair.
Well he DID have to stand up to all those Nephalim, so I’d say he was pretty b*llsy.
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10/25/2009 6:40:50 PM PDT
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To: Daffynition
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JoeProBono
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To: SunkenCiv
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JoeProBono
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To: JoeProBono
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Daffynition
(What's all this about hellfire and Dalmatians?)
To: Daffynition
http://i38.tinypic.com/mmpulv.jpg
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JoeProBono
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Daffynition
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GloriaJane
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To: JoeProBono
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10/25/2009 8:33:59 PM PDT
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GloriaJane
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To: JoeProBono
This ... isn't it ... ;o)
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10/25/2009 11:14:52 PM PDT
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Liberty Valance
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JoeProBono
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