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Imagine a dinosaur; a sauropod such as a Brachiosaurus, or Diplodocus, one of the largest animals ever to roam the land. A plant-gobbling true giant of a beast, with a graceful long neck and tail. Now imagine that same dinosaur shrunk down to the size of a cow.
Strange as it may seem, such bizarre animals did exist. A number of astonishing fossil discoveries have confirmed that dinosaurs really did come in dwarf form. Their existence not only provides some fundamental insights into dinosaur evolution, it may even help explain why no large dinosaurs survive today. Read more on the BBC Earth site…
