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World’s smallest dinosaur is probably a lizard

Paper that reported the animal’s discovery was retracted following new evidence from a similar fossil.
  1. Giuliana Viglione
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A high-profile paper that reported what was thought to be the remains of the smallest-known bird-like dinosaur has been retracted. New evidence suggests that the specimen, trapped in amber in what is now Myanmar nearly 100 million years ago, might actually be a lizard — part of a different group of reptiles.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-02214-7

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  1. Xing, L. et al. Nature 579, 245-249 (2020); retraction https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2553-9 (2020).

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  3. O’Connor, J. et al. Preprint at bioRxiv https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.06.12.147041 (2020).

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