Saturday, February 27, 2010

Found: 'Jurassic Parkette' – the prehistoric island ruled by dwarf dinosaurs


Found: 'Jurassic Parkette' ? the prehistoric island ruled by dwarf dinosaurs
Magyarosaurus Photo: NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM

The creatures lived on an island – a kind of pigmy Jurassic Park – and were up to eight times smaller than some of their mainland cousins.

One of the island-dwelling dinosaurs, named Magyarosaurus, was little bigger than a horse, but was related to some of the largest creatures to ever walk the Earth – gigantic titanosaurs such as Argentinosaurus, which reached up to 100 feet long and weighed around 80 tons.

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