The smallest dinosaur in North America
The archaeologists have said the Fruitadens haagarorum is on display at the Los Angeles Museum of Natural History, California, USA, identified as the smallest in North America.
Dinosaur Fruitadens haagarorum has a body size of just a squirrel, with a length of about 70cm and a weight of less than 1kg.
The smallest model of North American dinosaurs is on display at the Los Angeles Museum of Natural History, California, USA
With its small size, the Fruitadens haagarorum is capable of rushing like an arrow between the giant paws of the Brachiosaurus and other carnivores like Allosaurus that lived 150 million years ago during the late Jurassic period. . The main food of this dinosaur is fruit, eggs and insects.
Fossils of the skull, spine, arms and legs of four Fruitadens haagarorum specimens were found in 1970 in the state of Colorado and then stored at the Los Angeles Natural History Museum, California state, United States. States
The smallest North American dinosaur was described by archaeologists in the latest issue of the Royal Society's Biological Journal. The name of the dinosaur is not inspired by the fruits it can eat, instead, it is called Fruita - an ancient fossil-rich geographic area of the state of Colorado - where it was discovered.
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