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Its only species, Yi qi (Mandarin pronunciation: [î tɕʰǐ]; from Chinese: 翼; pinyin: yì; lit. 'wing' and 奇; qí; 'strange'), is known from a single fossil specimen of an adult individual found in Middle or Late Jurassic Tiaojishan Formation of Hebei, China, approximately 159 million years ago.
Apr 29, 2015 · Yi qi was a pigeon-sized dinosaur with a long bone on each wrist that supported a membrane, much like a flying squirrel or bat. It was a scansoriopterygid, a group of small, feathered dinosaurs that were good climbers but not known to fly.
Apr 29, 2015 · Yi qi was a feathered theropod dinosaur that lived 163 million years ago. It had thin rods of bone on its wrists that supported a membrane for gliding or flying, making it the third lineage of dinosaurs to evolve flight.
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May 9, 2022 · Learn about Yi qi, a feathered dinosaur with bat-like wings that lived 150 million years ago in China. Watch how it flew, how it was related to other dinosaurs, and what discoveries were made about it.
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Apr 29, 2015 · Yi qi is a fossil dinosaur from China that had long arms with feathers and a membrane-like structure. It may have glided or flown, but its flight abilities are unclear and controversial.
Apr 29, 2015 · Named Yi qi, the tiny animal, from 160 million-year-old sediments in China, has an unusual assortment of stiff filamentous feathers and also two long bony elements attached to the wrists,...
Apr 29, 2015 · Yi qi is a new type of scansoriopterygid dinosaur with a rod-like prop and membranous wings. It lived in the Jurassic period and shows the diversity and innovation of early flying dinosaurs.
