A new type of dinosaur from the Jurassic period dubbed “Yi Qui” and whose wings were not made of feathers but fur, has been discovered in northwest China, according to the magazine published Wednesday Nature .
The newcomer to the big family of dinosaurs was discovered in the Chinese province of Hebei and its name, “Yi Qui” means “strange wing” in Mandarin, as scientists They consider that “would have moved through the air using membranes similar to those of flying squirrels”
” Yi Qui “is a dinosaur that could weigh about 380 grams (slightly larger than an average rat).
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Xu Xing and Corwin Sullivan, researchers from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology, University of Linyi in Shandong, reported the discovery of this new type of dinosaur that, besides protoplumas-, had a similar membrane and fingers to Current bats.
This does not mean it is an ancestor of bats, explains Xu Xing, as the family of these animals has been associated more with birds like Archaeopteryx.
“While it appears that had many feathers, they were like filaments and could not have been useful to fly,” says the researcher.
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