Showing posts with label Hesperonychus. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hesperonychus. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Terror of the Forest found in Alberta

ForesterBlog.com

I'm glad we don't have to contend with this creature in the woods today!

Alberta paleontologists are hailing a newly found pint-sized predator that is considered to be the smallest meat-eating dinosaur ever discovered in North America.

But don't let the diminutive stature of Hesperonychus fool you. This miniature version of the two-legged velociraptor was a tiny terror in the forests and swamps of southern Alberta around 75 million years ago.


Full story here:

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/090316/science/science_tiny_dinosaur_1


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