Yi is a genus of scansoriopterygid dinosaur from the Late Jurassic of China. Its only species, Yi qi (Mandarin pronunciation: [î tɕʰǐ]; from Chinese: 翼; pinyin: yì; lit. 'wing' and 奇; qí; 'strange'), is …

Apr 29, 2015 · The 163-million-year-old dinosaur was about the size of a sparrow and was covered in fluffy feathers. But unlike previous fossil dinosaurs with aerodynamic appendages, …

Yi is a genus of climbing and gliding dinosaurs from the Jurassic of China. Its only species, Yi qi [1] is known from a single fossil specimen of an adult found in middle or late Jurassicof Hebei, …

Dec 10, 2023 · Yi, a unique dinosaur genus, was unearthed in the Jurassic rock beds of China and stands out for its bat-like wings. This finding not only added a new species to the dinosaur …

Ambopteryx (meaning "both wing") is a genus of scansoriopterygid dinosaur from the Oxfordian stage of the Late Jurassic of China. It is the second dinosaur to be found with both feathers …

Physical Description: Yi was a small proto-bird, distinctive for its truly weird appearance. Weighing about 280 grams, with a wingspan of about 60 centimeters. It had a short, blunt skull, with a …

Discovered by a farmer in rural China in 2007 and named Yi qi (“strange wing” in Mandarin) by researchers, it is the first dinosaur with strong evidence for having a skin membrane for a …

In full, it is Yi qi, which comes from the Mandarin for “strange wing” and can be roughly butchered as “ee chee”. The name hints at this pigeon-sized animal’s most remarkable feature.

Sep 14, 2012 · Yi is certainly one of the more bizarre dinosaurs that were named in‭ ‬2015.‭ ‬In fact this is reflected in the full type species name of Yi qi which translates to English as‭ ‘‬strange …

Yi is one of the weirdest dinosaurs ever discovered. It's a Scansoriopterygid, a small feathered tree-dwelling dinosaur with long fingers. Scansoriopterygids were thought to use their long …