DESPITE their giant reputation as the largest dinosaurs and largest land animals ever – sauropods actually came in all sizes, as a newly discovered 6-metre-long dwarf species proves.
The first fossil evidence for dwarf dinosaurs was unearthed at the end of the 19th century, but no one was quite sure whether the fossils were dwarf adults or merely juveniles of normal-size dinosaurs. Now, an analysis of fossilised bones from 11 individuals of this new species (Europasaurus holgeri) shows conclusively that they were adults.
“No one was quite sure whether the fossils were dwarf adults or merely juveniles of normal-size dinosaurs”
“It’s the first time we’ve really proven…
