the fully-grown skull came from a dinosaur that was about the size of a modern bee hummingbird, which is the smallest living bird, weighing under two grams (0.07 oz) and reaching a length of 6.1 ...

A tiny skull of a wee predator that lived 99 million years ago is in all likelihood that of the smallest species of dinosaur found. Picture a hummingbird. With fangs. An international team of ...

But three-dimensional images of the fossilized skull created with computed tomography, a type of X-ray imaging, revealed that the Mesozoic bird had little else in common with today’s nectar ...

Researchers found a skull measuring about half an inch, which belongs to the bird-like Oculudentavis khaungraae in northern Myanmar. They were able to use the specimen to create a computer ...

A bird-like dinosaur with a beak full of teeth and claws on its wings is the tiniest extinct dinosaur ever found. The dinosaur's beautifully preserved skull — about as long as your thumbnail ...

"Judging from the size of the skull, the dinosaur may be smaller than the smallest hummingbird, Mellisuga helenae, which is 5.5 cm long and weighs 1.95 grams," said Xing. Other members of the team ...