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Scientists reconstruct the brain of one of the oldest dinosaurs in unprecedented detail – ZME Science
Dinosaurs in the same lineage were some of the largest creatures to walk the Earth — but this tiny predator packed a lot more brain power.

Artist impression of the skull and brain of the sauropodomorph. Credit: Márcio L. Castro and Rodrigo Temp Müller.
Evolution can oftentimes be unpredictable. Around 230 million years ago, a dog-sized meat-eating dinosaur by the name of Buriolestes schultzi roamed Brazil’s forests. A hundred million years later, this small dinosaur’s cousins, such as Diplodocus and Brachiosaurus, grew to sizes spanning tens of meters in length and could weigh over 100 tons.
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