Ambopteryx

Ambopteryx (meaning "both wing") is a genus of scansoriopterygid dinosaur from the Oxfordian stage of the Late Jurassic of China.

It was recovered in 2017 from the stratigraphic equivalent of the Haifanggou Formation near Wubaiding Village in the Liaoning Province and belongs to the Yanliao Biota.

Its wing membrane is preserved as a continuous brownish layer on the matrix surrounding the left hand, right forelimb, and abdomen.

[1] Among scansoriopterygids, Ambopteryx was most closely related to Yi, with which it shared a "styliform element", an elongate bone that extended from the distal (far) end of the ulna.

Previously, the diet of scansoriopterygids was unknown but their unusual dental morphology and the presence of gastroliths and possible bone fragments in Ambopteryx suggests they were omnivorous.

Ambopteryx longibrachium in comparison to an average adult human male