An ancient creature thought to be a teeny dinosaur turns out to be a lizard
Weird, hummingbird-sized O. khaungraae has puzzled scientists since its discovery
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Fossils of two specimens preserved in amber — Oculudentavis naga (illustrated) and O. khaungraae — have been identified as lizard species that lived about 99 million years ago.
Stephanie Abramowicz/Peretti Museum Foundation, A. Bolet et al/Current Biology 2021