Kongonaphon kely, or ‘tiny bug slayer’, is about the size of a glass of coffee. Animals that lived in Madagascar about 237 million years ago in the Triassic period were 10 centimeters in size. According to scientists, K. kely belongs to the Ornithodira group: the last ancestor of all dinosaurs and pterosaurs. "There is a common perception that dinosaurs are giant creatures," said Christian Kammerer, a paleontologist from the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences. "However, the latest animal we found is very close to the diversity of dinosaurs and pterosaurs even though their bodies are very small," he added. Also Read: Archaeologists Discover 4,500 Years Old Neolithic Monument Near Stonehenge How did such a colossal creature evolve from such a small origin? The answer is never entirely clear, because so few specimens from the Ornithodira lineage have ever been found and studied. Therefore, the K. kely framework found is very important. It was firs...