Thursday, October 22, 2009

2-Pound Dinosaur Holds a North American Record

Who: The newly discovered animal Fruitadens haagarorum, Richard J. Butler, and Dr. Chiappe.
What: A new dinosaur was discovered and named the smallest dinosaur ever found in North America. It had a body length of around 30 inches and weighed an estimated 2 pounds.
When:  I would presume this animal lived around 160 million years ago based on information from this article.
Where: North America. Possibly Colorado (the article did not mention a specific location however it did mention Colorado.)
Why: This is very important because now we have more knowledge about dinosaurs and there is another species of them in our world that we've discovered.
My opinion: I think that it is very cool because dinosaurs lived millions and millions of years ago however, today we are still finding dinosaur bones all over the earth. 
For more information click here