Ambopteryx is the second-known dinosaur with membranous wings, joining Yi qi, which lived 2-3 million years later. Yi’s fossil, published in 2015, was found 50 miles away.

A new Jurassic scansoriopterygid and the loss of membranous wings in theropod dinosaurs. Nature. Vol. 569, May 8, 2019, p. 256. doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-1137-z. About Carolyn Gramling.

Nothing like a dinosaur," Wang said.But further study showed that it was in fact a tiny theropod dinosaur with unique forelimbs and membranous wings.The 163 million-year-old fossil is only the ...

The 163 million-year-old fossil is only the second to show a dinosaur with bat-like wings although the feature is seen in prehistoric flying squirrels, bats and pterosaurs -- flying reptiles.

It is considered a cousin of birds, but boasted membranous wings made of skin like those of the extinct flying reptiles known as pterosaurs, which lived at the same time, and bats, which appeared ...

A dinosaur with hair-like feathers that lived in China about 160 million years ago during the Jurassic period appears to have had membranous wings, like those used by bats or flying squirrels ...

image: Life reconstruction of the bizarre membranous-winged Ambopteryx longibrachium. view more . Credit: Chung-Tat Cheung. A new Jurassic non-avian theropod dinosaur from 163 million-year-old ...

A membranous-winged 163-million-year old non-avian theropod, Ambopteryx longibrachium, from China. a. Fossil; b. restoration, scale bar equal 10 mm; c. melanosomes of the membranous wing (mw); d ...

The team's findings raise questions about the evolution of pterosaurs, an extinct group of flying reptiles that had membranous wings similar to those of bats.

WASHINGTON — Scientists in China on Wednesday described one of the weirdest flying creatures ever discovered: a pigeon-size dinosaur with wings like a bat that lived not long before the first birds.