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Yi is a genus of scansoriopterygid dinosaur from the Late Jurassic of China.Its only species, Yi qi (Mandarin pronunciation: [î tɕʰǐ]; from Chinese: 翼; pinyin: yì; lit. 'wing' and 奇; qí; 'strange'), is known from a single fossil specimen of an adult individual found in Middle or Late Jurassic Tiaojishan Formation of Hebei, China, approximately 159 million years ago.
The generic name, Ahvaytum (IPA:), means "long ago", referring to the specimen's old age. The specific name , bahndooiveche ( IPA: [bɔnduivitʃi] ), literally translates to "water's young handsome man", and is the term used to refer to both dinosaurs and the colorful native salamanders .
Mounted skeletons of Tyrannosaurus (left) and Apatosaurus (right) at the AMNH. Dinosaurs are a diverse group of reptiles of the clade Dinosauria. They first appeared during the Triassic period, between 243 and 233.23 million years ago, although the exact origin and timing of the evolution of dinosaurs is the subject of active research.
Yutyrannus (Simplified Chinese : 华丽羽王龙 Traditional Chinese : 華麗羽王龍 Pinyin : Huà Lì Yǔ Wáng Lóng meaning "feathered tyrant") is a genus of proceratosaurid tyrannosauroid dinosaur which contains a single known species, Yutyrannus huali. This species lived during the early Cretaceous period in what is now northeastern ...
The asteroid that killed most dinosaurs 66 million years ago left behind traces of its own origin. Researchers think they know where the Chicxulub impactor came from based on levels of ruthenium.
Dzharacursor (meaning "Dzharakuduk runner") is a genus of ornithomimid theropod dinosaurs from the Late Cretaceous (Turonian age) Bissekty Formation of Uzbekistan. The type and only species is Dzharacursor bissektensis , originally assigned to the genus Archaeornithomimus .
The Natural History Museum is seeking Los Angeles' help in naming a dinosaur fossil, affectionately called 'Gnatalie' for now, that will go on display later this year. You can help name L.A.'s ...
The generic name, Archaeocursor, combines the Latin words archaeo, meaning "archaic" or "old" and cursor, meaning "runner". The specific name, asiaticus, is a Latin word meaning "from Asia". [1] Archaeocursor is one of the only ornithischians known from the Early Jurassic of Asia, with the armored thyreophoran Yuxisaurus being one of the few ...