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MOVIE MONSTERS
The huge size of some dinosaurs has inspired
a host of monster movies, in which gigantic Small head
creatures, such as Godzilla, rampage through relative to
modern cities. Scientists know that no dinosaurs body size
ever grew so large, but special visual effects
in these popular films have created
impossibly large creatures
that look very real.

Godzilla terrorizes the streets
of New York City

Clawed finger

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Feathered legs Microraptor gui was one
served as of the smallest nonbird
extra wings
dinosaurs—bigger than
a pigeon, but weighing
only 2¼ lb (1 kg). This little
theropod measured about 30 in (77 cm)
in length and was capable of gliding at least
130 ft (40 m) from tree to tree. Microraptor
zhaoianus, a related species, was even
smaller at 15 in (39 cm) long.

Long neck
Compsognathus

Birdlike
foot
Chicken
Head could be lifted to about
16½ ft (5 m) above ground &+,&.(1ʜ6,=('
when rearing No bigger than a chicken, Compsognathus (“elegant jaw”) was
once known as the smallest dinosaur. The theropod roamed
tropical islands that now form part of southern Germany and
France. Scientists discovered that this agile hunter preyed on
lizards. They found the remains of a long-tailed lizard called
Bavarisaurus in the rib cage of a fossil Compsognathus specimen.

Iguanodon Triceratops
36 ft (11 m) 29½ ft (9 m)

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