This strange little dinosaur is forcing a rethink of evolution

ScienceDaily
Feb 3, 2026, 9:09 am12 pts
A newly identified tiny dinosaur, Foskeia pelendonum, is shaking up long-held ideas about how plant-eating dinosaurs evolved. Though fully grown adults were remarkably small and lightweight, their anatomy was anything but simple—featuring a bizarre, highly specialized skull and unexpected evolutionary traits.…

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