It's a bird! It's a porcupine! It's a tiny fanged dinosaur? Paul Sereno, the Chicago paleontologist who discovered the new dinosaur species, Pegomastax africanus, joins us on Chicago Tonight at 7:00 pm to talk about the odd dinosaur.View a slideshow of photos and a time-lapse video.

Muscles, skin, scales and quills are added to a skull cast of Heterodontosaurus in the following video by Tyler Keillor.

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UChicago News article on Dwarf species of fanged dinosaur emerges from southern Africa

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