If Jurassic Park taught you that dinosaurs and gigantism are synonymous, it is time to update your knowledge. It was named Kongonaphon kely which roughly translates from the Malagasy language as ‘tiny bug slayer' — a reference to its insect diet. “Triassic vertebrate fossils of similar age have been found in a band of rocks extending across Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh …
Meet Kongonaphon kely, a pocket sized dinosaur smaller than your cellphone The creature, which predated dinosaurs and flying pterosaurs, was just shy of 4 inches tall, according to a study published Monday in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Meet Kongonaphon kely, a pocket sized dinosaur forerunner that was smaller than your cellphone. The creature, which predated …
Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. But American and Madagascan researchers who described the new species in a study on Monday …
A miniature lizard which roamed what is now Madagascar around 240million years ago has been discovered by researchers who say it was just four inches tall. Life restoration of Kongonaphon kely, a newly described reptile near the ancestry of dinosaurs and pterosaurs, in what would have been its natural environment in the Triassic Picture, a graphic showing a size comparison …
