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This ancient dinosaur was no bigger than a hummingbird

A skull from one of these Mesozoic Era birds was found encased in a chunk of amber

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This hummingbird-sized predatory bird is the smallest known dinosaur to live during the Mesozoic Era, the Age of Dinosaurs, between 252 million and 66 million years ago.

Han Zhixin

By Carolyn Gramling

- More than 2 years ago

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Editor’s note: On July 22, 2020, Nature retracted the study described in this article at the authors’ request.