Archaeologists have discovered a dinosaur fossil that has never been seen smaller in a 99-million-year-old amber in Myanmar. The fossil discovered belongs to a dinosaur with a skull of only 14 millimeters. Scientists say that this dinosaur is close to the smallest winged bee hummingbirds known. Scientists, deciding that this dinosaur is a new species, named this fossil dinosaur species “Oculudentavis khaungraae”. Scientists say that the smallest dinosaur species they detected in the past have weighed hundreds of grams, while the new species may be much smaller than this. According to the statements made, bee hummingbirds similar to this dinosaur weigh only 2 grams. Scientists who conducted research on the fossil they found found that there were about 100 teeth in this dinosaur species. Experts say that the fossil is very well preserved, and that the eye bone structure seen in some lizard species is also found in Oculudentavis khaungraae, which is extremely surprising. Scientists state that this fossil they found is extremely important because many things are still unknown about dinosaurs. Professor of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, who studied the fossil. Jingmai O’Connor states that this fossil is the most interesting example he has ever seen.
