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Bat-winged dinosaur discovered in China
FoxNews.com/science ^
| May 13, 2019
| Walt Bonner | Fox News
Posted on 05/13/2019 6:30:28 AM PDT by ETL
Dubbed Ambopteryx longibrachium, the blue jay-sized theropod lived 163 million years ago during the Jurassic period.
Its wings were made of a soft membrane attached to long arm bones which, when spread, resembled those of a bat. ..."
The researchers first thought it was a bird when they saw it in the rock, but after they dug it out, it became clear that Ambopteryx was a dinosaur.
The researchers aren’t sure exactly how the dinosaur, which also had feathers, looked as it took flight.
It couldn’t flap its wings, so it’s believed the creatures would simply glide.
According to the study, the discovery shows that dinosaurs took a few turns on their evolutionary journey into birds.
Flying dinosaurs usually had their feathered wings attached to long palm bones as opposed to membranous wings attached to arm bones.
Eventually feathered, palm bone-attached wings won out, which gave rise to the modern-day bird.
Ambopteryx also isn’t the first dinosaur of its kind discovered.
“The first bat-winged dinosaur, Yi qi, was described in 2015,” Dr. Steve Brusatte, of the University of Edinburgh's School of Geosciences and author of "The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World," told Fox News.
“It was a hugely unexpected find, and it was very provocative.
But it was only a partial skeleton, and there was still some uncertainty about the size and shape of its skin flap, and whether it could be used as an airfoil.”
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; History; Science
KEYWORDS: ambopteryx; birds; china; dinosaurs; godsgravesglyphs; jurassic; longibrachium; paleontology; theropod
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posted on
05/13/2019 6:30:28 AM PDT
by
ETL
To: All
I know it's impossible, or next to impossible, to make out the names on the chart. But you can at least get a better general idea of the latest thinking on Dinosaur-Bird evolution
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posted on
05/13/2019 6:30:55 AM PDT
by
ETL
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To: ETL
Yeah, they call it a dragon...duh!
To: Carpe Cerevisi
In before pics of Maxine Waters, Helen Thomas, etc.
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posted on
05/13/2019 6:35:29 AM PDT
by
bk1000
(I stand with Trump)
To: ETL
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posted on
05/13/2019 6:35:34 AM PDT
by
V_TWIN
To: ETL
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posted on
05/13/2019 6:36:40 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
To: bk1000
Part of Hillary’s speaking tour ?
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posted on
05/13/2019 6:39:32 AM PDT
by
Eric in the Ozarks
(Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
05/13/2019 6:45:21 AM PDT
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ETL
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To: V_TWIN
Mothra, is that you?? Don't be silly. Mothra was a moth. More like a single-headed Ghidhora.
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posted on
05/13/2019 6:46:00 AM PDT
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rjsimmon
(The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
To: bk1000
To: V_TWIN
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05/13/2019 6:48:38 AM PDT
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ETL
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To: ETL
COMING SOON!......................
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05/13/2019 6:50:29 AM PDT
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Red Badger
(We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
To: ETL
Do my eyes deceive me or is that my beloved Megaguirus gliding in for a landing?
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05/13/2019 6:51:33 AM PDT
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ETL
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To: ETL
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posted on
05/13/2019 6:51:39 AM PDT
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Red Badger
(We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
To: Phillyred
LMAO!! As I scrolled down, I was wondering which would show up first.. Pelosi or Hillary! Pelosi wins by a beak.
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05/13/2019 6:59:08 AM PDT
by
ScottinVA
(The most urgent gathering threat to America: the Democrat Party)
To: V_TWIN
Mothra, is that you?? Mothra's Day was yesterday...
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posted on
05/13/2019 7:07:49 AM PDT
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null and void
(You can't normalize the type of behavior the left is trying to normalize because it isn't normal.)
To: null and void
LOL. Very clever my friend.
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posted on
05/13/2019 7:12:55 AM PDT
by
V_TWIN
To: rjsimmon; V_TWIN
"Mothra, is that you??"
Don't be silly. Mothra was a moth. More like a single-headed Ghidhora.
Yes! Let's not get silly here! This is serious stuff!!
:) :)
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05/13/2019 7:13:53 AM PDT
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ETL
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05/13/2019 7:18:45 AM PDT
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rjsimmon
(The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
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