Genus of scansoriopterygid dinosaur
Ambopteryx Temporal range:
Late Jurassic,
163 Ma
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Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Clade :
Dinosauria
Clade :
Saurischia
Clade :
Theropoda
Family:
† Scansoriopterygidae
Genus:
† Ambopteryx Wang et al. , 2019
Species:
†A. longibrachium
Binomial name
† Ambopteryx longibrachium Wang et al. , 2019
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 and bat-like membranous wings. Yi , the first such dinosaur, was described in 2015 and is the sister taxon to Ambopteryx . The holotype specimen is thought to be a sub-adult or adult. The specimen is estimated to have had a body length of 32 centimetres (13 in) and a weight of 306 grams (10.8 oz). The genus includes one species, Ambopteryx longibrachium .[1]
^ Wang, M.; O’Connor, J.K.; Xu, X.; Zhou, Z. (2019). "A new Jurassic scansoriopterygid and the loss of membranous wings in theropod dinosaurs". Nature . 569 (7755): 256–259. Bibcode:2019Natur.569..256W. doi:10.1038/s41586-019-1137-z. PMID 31068719. S2CID 256768526.
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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...
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ancestral form of this patagium. The scansoriopterygid dinosaurs Yi and Ambopteryx had rather elaborate, superficially bat-like patagia in the forelimbs...
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have been used for gliding flight. The recently discovered (in 2019) Ambopteryx also supports this. The earlier described Pedopenna may also be a member...
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which allowed researchers to connect therizinosaurs to other theropods Ambopteryx 2019 Unnamed formation (Late Jurassic, Oxfordian) China Preserves stomach...
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