Dinosaur
Ambopteryx
Ambopteryx longibrachium combined feathers with evidence of a membranous wing.
Ambopteryx longibrachium combined feathers with evidence of a membranous wing. A specialized wrist bone helped support this unusual surface.
Three stages. One companion.
Game artwork
AI-generated, stylized game illustrations. These designs and growth stages are imaginative, not scientific reconstructions.
Ambopteryx at a glance
- Diet
- Diet uncertain
- When it lived
- Late Jurassic
- Group
- Scansoriopterygidae
- Scansoriopterygids
Beyond the game
The real Ambopteryx
Ambopteryx longibrachium combined feathers with evidence of a membranous wing. A specialized wrist bone helped support this unusual surface.
Its fossils show that this unusual membrane-supported wing pattern was not unique to Yi. The two named species preserve distinct examples of an unexpected kind of dinosaur wing.
Fossil discoveries
Selected fossil records · present-day map
Map references
Map: Natural Earth, public domain. Fossil records: Paleobiology Database and linked collections and publications.Sources & text credits
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