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The Mini Dinosaurs from the Harz Mountains

FiReaNGeL writes "When unusually small dinosaur fossils were found in a quarry on the northern edge of the Harz Mountains in 1998, it was initially assumed that these were the remains of a group of young dinosaurs. This was a fallacy, as the Bonn palaeontologist, Dr. Martin Sander, recently discovered. At a maximum estimated weight of one tonne, they were only a fiftieth the weight of their closest relatives, the brachiosaurs, and thus by far the smallest of the giant dinosaurs which have ever been found."

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  1. Re:Small Giants by Whiney+Mac+Fanboy · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    's a bit like being the most civilized monkey in the zoo...
    Or the smartest member of congress?
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  2. Re:Small Giants by datafr0g · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    's a bit like being the most civilized monkey in the zoo...


    Or an insightful comment on slashdot.

    :)
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