Re: Tiny dinosaurs

[Betty Cunningham <bettyc@flyinggoat.com>]

well...pretty small, but it would hang over the edges of a quarter

here's a picture of a recently discovered related bat even smaller than
the 'bumble bee bat'  -Kitti's Hog-nosed Bat (Craseonycteris
thonglongyai)

http://www.batcon.org/batsmag/v2n1-2.html

-Betty Cunningham

"Leonidus A.K. Giganotosaurus" wrote:
> 
> Actually, I thought that the Bumblebee bat is actually the size of it's
> namesake insect, small enough to fit onto a quarter. They are, last I knew.
> Correct me if I'm wrong, however.
> 
> Betty Cunningham wrote:
> 
> ? sorry I thought we were talking skull sizes not overall body lengths..
> ? my bad
> ?
> ? -Betty
> ?
> ? dbensen wrote:
> ? ?
> ? ? ??bats can be even smaller than that- what insectivores have you been
> ? ? considering?
> ? ? why not any of the microchiroptera? most of them are insectivourus.??
> ? ?
> ? ? Bats smaller than 6cm?  I was not aware.
> ? ?
> ? ? Dan
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