{
  "id": 495204,
  "title": "Why Were There No Tiny Non-Avian Dinosaurs? Mammals May Have Been to Blame",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/why-were-there-no-tiny-non-avian-dinosaurs-mammals-may-have-been-to",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-10T18:06:14.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Sci.News",
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    "url": "https://www.sci.news/paleontology/tiny-non-avian-dinosaurs-14979.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Dinosaurs evolved into some of the largest animals ever to walk the Earth, but a new mathematical model suggests that early mammals may have crowded them out of the ecological niches reserved for the smallest creatures. The post Why Were There No Tiny Non-Avian Dinosaurs? Mammals May Have Been to Blame appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News .",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}