Ambopteryx longibrachium (lat.) Is a type of dinosaur from the family Scororiopterigid , covered with protopia and with leathery membranes like in bats. China (Liaoning Province). Jurassic period (about 163 million years ago). The small dinosaur, weighed about 300 grams and had a length of about 30 cm. Presumably moved as a flying squirrel protein. The discovery of such “Hymenoptera” lizards speaks of one of the very first attempts of dinosaurs to fly. Close to the species Yi qi (North China), occupies with it an intermediate position in the evolution of feathered dinosaurs, and they appeared shortly before the dinosaurs with wings and feathers [2] [3] [4] [5] .
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Notes
- ↑ Due to the limitations of MediaWiki, as a superior taxon, the avial is designated as the tetrapoda superclass of Tetrapoda instead of the Maniraptora clade given in the source: Lefevre U., Hu D., Escuillie F., Dyke G., and Godefroit P. A new long-tailed basal bird from the Lower Cretaceous of north-eastern China // Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. - 2014. - Vol. 113. - p. 790-804.
- ↑ Wang Min, O'Connor Jingmai K., Xu Xing, Zhou Zhonghe. A new Jurassic scansoriopterygid and the loss of membranous wings in theropod dinosaurs (English) // Nature: Journal. - 2019. - Vol. 569 . P. 256-259 . - DOI : 10.1038 / s41586-019-1137-z .
- ↑ Lucas Joel. (2019). Dinosaur With Bat Wings Was More Than Legend . nytimes.com. May 8, 2019
- ↑ Natalia Panasenko. (2019). Found a new type of dinosaur with webbed wings . Russian newspaper. May 10, 2019
- ↑ In China, found a new type of dinosaur with bat wings . Around the world. May 10, 2019.
Literature
- Gregory S. Paul Dinosaurs and birds. - Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002. - p. 224–258. - 472 p. - ISBN 0-8018-6763-0 .
Links
- Ambopteryx longibrachium - a dinosaur with bat-like wings .
- Ein Saurier segelt durch die Lüfte (ambopteryx flight simulation)
- Scansoriopterygidae (English) information on the Paleobiology Database site. (Checked May 10, 2019) .