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Little bat-winged dinos could glide, but not fly – Futurity: Research News
Two small dinosaurs with bat-like wings, Yi and Ambopteryx, couldn’t take the air as well as birds.
Two small dinosaurs with bat-like wings struggled to fly but could glide clumsily between trees, researchers report.
Unable to compete with other tree-dwelling dinosaurs and early birds, Yi and Ambopteryx went extinct after just a few million years. The findings, published in iScience, support that dinosaurs evolved flight in several different ways before modern birds evolved.
Theropods are carnivorous dinosaurs that include all birds alive today.
“We know some dinosaurs could fly before they evolved…
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