Anonymous ID: 729a03 June 15, 2021, 10:34 a.m. No.13910311   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun   >>0338 >>0391

 

An international research team has described a new species of Oculudentavis, providing further evidence that the animal first identified as a hummingbird-sized dinosaur was actually a lizard.

 

The new species, named Oculudentavis naga in honor of the Naga people of Myanmar and India, is represented by a partial skeleton that includes a complete skull, exquisitely preserved in amber with visible scales and soft tissue. The specimen is in the same genus as Oculudentavis khaungraae, whose original description as the smallest known bird was retracted last year. The two fossils were found in the same area and are about 99 million years old.

 

https://phys.org/news/2021-06-species-bizarre-extinct-lizard-previously.html