Dinosaur
Yi
Yi qi was a small feathered dinosaur with an unusual wrist element supporting a membranous wing surface.
Yi qi was a small feathered dinosaur with an unusual wrist element supporting a membranous wing surface. It did not have the same wing construction as a bird or a bat.
Three stages. One companion.
Game artwork
AI-generated, stylized game illustrations. These designs and growth stages are imaginative, not scientific reconstructions.
Yi at a glance
- Diet
- Diet uncertain
- When it lived
- Jurassic
- Group
- Scansoriopterygidae
- Scansoriopterygids
Beyond the game
The real Yi
Yi qi was a small feathered dinosaur with an unusual wrist element supporting a membranous wing surface. It did not have the same wing construction as a bird or a bat.
The preserved wrist structure supports a distinctive membranous-wing reconstruction. The exact outline of the membrane and its aerial performance remain debated.
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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Original English Dinosgacha educational summaries informed by the linked scientific and museum references; source publications retain their own rights.