Cosmos

EPIDEXIPTE­RYX HUI

‘ displayed wing’

- CREDIT: LIDA XING / ZHAO CHUANG

SIZE: 25 cm long FEATURE: The pigeon- sized dinosaur had an extemely long third finger – now thought to be for attaching a membranous wing, as seen with Yi qi. Its tail sported four ribbon- like feathers. TIME: Mid- to- late Jurassic – 170- 150 million years ago

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