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Dinosaur: Yi qi
| Length*: | 33 cm | 1.1 ft |
| Weight*: | 0.52 kg | 1 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Middle Jurassic - Late Jurassic
Stage: Callovian-Oxfordian
Years: 166.1–154.8 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Xu et al.
Year: 2015
Distribution
Area: Asia
Country: China
Region: Hebei
Formation: Tiaojishan
Locations
Sources
Material: Large part of skeleton with skull, body feathers and patagia.
References: Xu, Zheng, Sullivan, Wang, Xing, Wang, Zhang, O'Connor, Zhang & Pan, (2015). A bizarre Jurassic maniraptoran theropod with preserved evidence of membranous wings.
