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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Thanks. That remake actually looks pretty good, in a funny entertainment sort of way. Like the originals were, only wth better special effects, and sexier women!
I’m surprised, because most such remakes I wouldn’t in a million years even consider watching, as they most often suck, and capture none of the original character.
With a little help from my "selective editing", and sequence rearranging, yes! :)
Did that bat wing have fire coming out of its ashaole?
Don’t yew be talking’ about my mothra!
Lol! Speaking of “Old Bats”!
Godzilla will kick his dusty butt anywhere, anytime!!!
I wrote above: “That remake actually looks pretty good, in a funny entertainment sort of way. Like the originals were, only with better special effects, and sexier women!”
On second thought, there were some pretty sexy wimin in the originals too! (Re: post 20)
That was nicely done.
Thanks.
Sorry! I think that one I linked to was the same as the one you linked. However, the one I linked might be of slightly better quality.
The Adamwestasaurus
Re: Sexy Japanese wimin...
Oops! Make that post 19.
20 was someone else’s reply to it.
Prehistoric crime fighting vigilante.
You mean Rodan!!
“It couldn’t flap its wings, so it’s believed the creatures would simply glide.”
It obviously could climb, too. If it glided down once and couldn’t climb, it would be a short glide the second time, from a flat rock on the ground.
rwood
Indeed that party gets it’s marching orders from them.
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