Yi qi

Yi qi

Yi qi — reconstrução científica

Yi qi foi um terópode carnívoro do Jurássico, descrito por Xu Xing. Viveu há aproximadamente 163 milhões de anos, na região do que hoje é China. Medindo de 0.38 m, pesando 0.38 kg, era um representante característico da fauna mesozoica.

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 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. It was a small, possibly tree-dwelling (arboreal) animal. Like other scansoriopterygids, Yi possessed an unusual, elongated third finger that appears to have helped to support a membranous gliding plane made of skin. The planes of Yi qi were also supported by a long, bony strut attached to the wrist. This modified wrist bone and membrane-based plane is unique among all known dinosaurs and might have resulted in wings similar in appearance to those of bats.

Família
Scansoriopterygidae
Ordem
Saurischia
Período
Jurassic (163 Ma)
Dieta
Carnivore
Comprimento
0.38 m
Peso
0.38 kg

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