Weird dino rewrites the book on birds

October 22nd, 2008 in Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

A paleontologist seen in March 2008, prepares the fossils of a 66 million year-old Tyrannosaurus rex in Los Angeles. A tiny, egg-robbing dinosaur that lived more than 150 million years ago could help explain a key phase in the evolution of birds, scientists reported on Wednesday. The beast was a distant relative of the Tyrannosaurus rex but was no bigger than a kitten.

A tiny, egg-robbing dinosaur that lived more than 150 million years ago could help explain a key phase in the evolution of birds, scientists reported on Wednesday.

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