Small insect eater was dinosaur forerunner

By Will Dunham
Updated July 7 2020 - 8:51am, first published 8:46am
A small insect-eating reptile was a forerunner of giant dinosaurs and pterosaurs, researchers say.
A small insect-eating reptile was a forerunner of giant dinosaurs and pterosaurs, researchers say.

Giant dinosaurs and the flying reptiles called pterosaurs had humble beginnings, as shown by a diminutive insect-eating reptile from Madagascar that was a forerunner and close relative of both groups.

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