The species was found in a slab of rock collected in the early 1960s and was spotted in the early ’80s by Paul C. Sereno, a paleontologist, but unrevealed until now.
New, Bizarre Species Of Small Dinosaur Identified
By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD, New York Times
Wed, 10/03/2012 - 8:32am
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