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<!--IPTC: Luis Chiappe, director of the Dinosaur Institute of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, holds a model of Fruitadens haagarorum, described as the smallest species of dinosaur ever discovered in North America, in front of a skull of a Tyrannosaurus rex, at the museum in Los Angeles Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009. The newly identified creature weighed less than two pounds (900 grams) and stood about 4 inches (10 centimeters) tall. From head to tail, it measured a little over 2 feet (60 centimeters) long, said Luis Chiappe. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon) -->
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Luis Chiappe of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County holds a model of Fruitadens haagarorum, deemed the smallest species of dinosaur discovered in North America, on Tuesday. Bones of the newly identified creature, which weighed less than 2 pounds, were found three decades ago in Fruita.

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