What Are The Top 10 Smallest Dinosaurs In The World? | Wonderful Images Of Them

Have you ever watched “Jurassic Park“? I before watching this film imagined that dinosaurs were very huge animals. But as you saw in that science fiction action film, there were dinosaurs whose size was equal to or even smaller than humans.

In this article, we will talk with you about the top 10 smallest dinosaurs in the world. After reading it, you will find out a lot of wonderful facts about Diana sours. Let’s get going to give a brief overview of them.

 

1.Smallest Raptor – Microraptor

Size:

• Microraptor is about two feet from head to tail
• Its size is near to a pigeon
• If it had lived, you would mistake it for a bizarrely mutated pigeon

Weight:

• With its feather and fur, its soak wet had been about a few pounds

Shape:

• Microraptor had four primitive wings that one set was located on their forearms and another set was on their hind legs

Its diet:

• It fed insects.
• However, it has a tiny size but had been a genuine raptor

2.Smallest Tyrannosaur – Raptorex

Weight:

• it was about 150 pounds

Shape:

• it’s like the tyrannosaur Raptorex (The king of all dinosaurs) however T. Rex weighed 7 or 8 tons.
• tyrannosaur Raptorex lived about 60 million years earlier than T. Rex.
• Some people believe that T. Rex evolved from tyrannosaur Raptorex but others think tyrannosaur Raptorex was a juvenile T. Rex

Its diet: this Nanotyrannus that known as “tiny tyrant was a genuine raptor

3.Smallest Sauropod – Europasaurus

Size:

• It was from head to tail about 10 feet long (almost the size of a cow)

Weight:

• Its weight was less than a ton

Shape:

• Its shape was the same as other sauropods such as Diplodocus and Argentinosaurus, however against Europasaurus, they were very huge-sized (about 100 tons weight and 50 yards long)

Its diet:

• They were herbivores
• They live on a small island that was separated from the European mainland

 

4.Smallest Marine Reptile – Lariosaurus

Size:

• they were about 2 feet long

Weight:

• they were about 20 pounds

Shape:

• however, Lariosaurus is not as small as other smallest dinosaurs but it is one of the smallest marine reptiles.
• agile plesiosaurs and pliosaurs were evaluated from it.

Its diet:

• Lariosaurus lived at the end of the Triassic period.
• it ate from other marine reptiles, specifically placodonts
• Researchers found the remains of younger Cyamodus inside the Lariosaurus skeleton.

 

5.Smallest Ceratopsian – Microceratops

Size:

• Its height was about a foot and a half.

Weight:

• Its weight was measured at about four or five pounds.

Shape:

• Microceratops was one of the smallest the ceratopsianIt belonged to the horn-faced dinosaurs
• Triceratops and Pentaceratops were large cousins of Microceratops
• Microceratops scooted around on two feet against their cousins.

Its diet:

• Microceratops feed from leaves, nuts, flowers, buds, fruits, and tree bark

6.Smallest Pterosaur – Nemicolopterus

Size:

• Nemicolopterus was about 5 centimetres long and with wingspan was about 25 centimetres.
• It was a pigeon-sized reptile and is the smallest pterosaur yet.

Weight:

• Its weight was about 50 grams

Shape:

• Nemicolopterus was a toothless pterosaur
• It has two wings.
• Quetzalcoatlus was evaluated from Nemicolopterus 50 million years later.

Its diet:

• They ate plants and fruits.

7.Smallest Ankylosaur – Minmi

Size:

• Mini is about 10 feet long from its head to tail.

Weight:

• Its weight is about 500 to 1,000 pounds.

Shape:

• It had a square and flat head
• Its body was short and squat
• Mini had massive legs that were proper for supporting its weight.

Its diet:

• Mini ate from low-lying plants such as horsetail rushes, cycads and ferns.

8.Smallest Prehistoric Elephant – Phosphatherium

Size:

• Phosphatherium is about 3 feet long from its head to tail.

Weight:

• Its weight is about 100 pounds.

Shape:

• Its head is composed of a snout.
• Its snout-like nose was because of its semiaquatic lifestyle.
• The modern elephants, Ice Age Mastodons and Mammoths were evaluated from Phosphatherium

Its diet:

• Phosphatherium is an herbivore that ate from Wetland plants.

9.Smallest Prehistoric Whale – Pakicetus

Size:

• Its length was about 1 to 2 meters (4 to 5 feet)

Weight:

• It weighed about 50 pounds.

Shape:

• The early Eocene Pakicetus was the ancestor of modern whales.
• Pakicetus was a small, inoffensive, furry mammal.
• Pakicetus appearance was similar to a modern dog. It was a land-dwelling animal with a four-foot
• the structure of its ears was inner.

Its diet:

• Pakicetus was a meat eater that because of its semiaquatic lifestyle, fish was one of its favourite foods.

 

10.Smallest Living Dinosaur – The Hummingbird

Evolutionary biologists believe that dinosaurs never went extinct and they are living among us as prehistoric birds. Hence, the smallest bird is the smallest dinosaur that ever lived: the modern hummingbird.

Size:

• Their size is measured between 3-4 inches.

Weight:

• It weighed about 2.5–6.5 g.

Its diet:

• they feed from the nectar of flowers and feeders
• they visit between 1,000-2,000 flowers every day and feed every 10-15 minutes.
• these birds eat tiny insects such as beetles, mosquitoes, ants, gnats and aphids.

Conclusion

I hope you enjoyed reading this article. Know you are familiar with the top 10 smallest dinosaurs including Microraptor, Raptorex, Europasaurus, Lariosaurus, Microceratops, Nemicolopterus, Minmi, Phosphatherium, Pakicetus and finally Hummingbird.

Which one of the above dinosaurs was more interesting for you? if they could be your pet, which one would be your choice? Did you know about the ancestor of the whale? It was one of the strangest things that I’ve ever heard, how about you? did you get surprised when you hear about the reason for the long nose of elephants? If you want to list down your interest in small dinosaurs, which one will be on top of it? please share your idea with our readers.