Continent’s smallest meat-eating dinosaur discovered!
When you think of dinosaurs, what comes to mind? Hulking creature? Gargantuan teeth? What about something the size of a small house cat? In a story that everyone’s inner child will love, researchers in Canada have found North America’s smallest carnivorous dinosaur. Paleontologist Nick Longrich joins The Takeaway to talk dinos and break down what the continent’s ecosystem looked like millions of years ago.
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