{"id":344,"date":"2015-05-01T19:50:58","date_gmt":"2015-05-01T19:50:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/archaeology.sa\/en\/?p=344"},"modified":"2015-05-01T19:50:58","modified_gmt":"2015-05-01T19:50:58","slug":"yi-qi-strange-wings-bat-like-dinosaur-fossil-found-after-160-million-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.archaeology.sa\/en\/?p=344","title":{"rendered":"Yi Qi: &#8216;Strange wings&#8217; bat-like dinosaur fossil found after 160 million years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/v2-dino-reuters2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-345\" src=\"wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/v2-dino-reuters2-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"v2-dino-reuters2\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/v2-dino-reuters2-225x300.jpg 225w, wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/v2-dino-reuters2.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Researchers have announced the discovery of a 160-million-year-old dinosaur fossil, as scientists grapple with what this may mean for the evolution of flight. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Beijing\u2019s Chinese Academy of Sciences found the fossils, discovered in Hebei Province, indicated the dinosaur was small, covered in feathers and possessed a large bone extending from its forearms \u2013 appearing to support a wing.<\/p>\n<p>It is the first such fossil found and is thought to belong to a previously unknown species of obscure smaller dinosaurs (scansoriopterygids), related to the famous primitive bird, Archaeopteryx.<br \/>\nThis occurs when species independently evolved similar characteristics \u2013 such as developing a large bone in their wrist or hand and a supporting membrane, as found in Yi Qi\u2019s fossilised remains from the Jurassic period.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/fossil-afp.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-346\" src=\"wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/fossil-afp-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"fossil-afp\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/fossil-afp-300x225.jpg 300w, wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/fossil-afp.jpg 460w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The find is significant because it is unusual to see such membrane development in a dinosaur and further complicates study into the development of flight.<br \/>\n\u201cIt definitely evolved a wing that is unique in the context of the transition from dinosaurs to birds,\u201d Professor Xu Xing, lead author of the study from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, in Beijing, told the Guardian.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Mike Habib of the University of Southern California, who was not involved in the study, said that the \u201cexciting\u201d discovery could change views on the evolution of flight in dinosaurs.<br \/>\nRose Troup Buchanan Author Biography<\/p>\n<p>Thursday 30 April 2015<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers have announced the discovery of a 160-million-year-old dinosaur fossil, as scientists grapple with what this may mean for the evolution of flight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":345,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.archaeology.sa\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.archaeology.sa\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.archaeology.sa\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.archaeology.sa\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.archaeology.sa\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=344"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.archaeology.sa\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":347,"href":"https:\/\/www.archaeology.sa\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344\/revisions\/347"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.archaeology.sa\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.archaeology.sa\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.archaeology.sa\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.archaeology.sa\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}