Not elder law: mini me–flying reptiles came in dimunitive sizes

A new fossil species of flying reptile with a wingspan of less than 30cm (1ft) has been discovered in China.  The nearly complete articulated skeleton was unearthed in fossil beds from north-eastern China.The 120-million-year-old reptile had not reached adulthood when it died, but neither was it a hatchling.>Study of the fossil suggests it is one of the smallestpterosaurs known, a team says in the journal Proceedings of theNational Academy of Sciences.The new species has been named Nemicolopterus crypticus, which means “hidden flying forest dweller”.

Source:  BBC, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7239862.stm