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Most palaeontologists believe compsognathus was the smallest dinosaur, but recent discoveries of an a dinosaur, micropachycephalosaurus that may be the smallest dinosaur ever and has the longest name ever given to a dinosaur!
The smallest dinosaur is said to be the compsognathus.Its just 2 feet long and weighs only up to 6.5 pounds. There are a few more small dinosaurs which have the same heeight of the compsognathus.They are the saltopus and the echinodon.

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