What is Yi?
Q: What is Yi?
A: Yi is a genus of climbing and gliding dinosaurs that lived in China during the Jurassic period.
Q: What is the only species known of Yi?
A: The only known species of Yi is Yi qi.
Q: Where was the specimen of Yi qi found?
A: The specimen of Yi qi was found in Hebei, China.
Q: How long ago did Yi live?
A: Yi lived about 160 million years ago.
Q: What kind of animal was Yi?
A: Yi was a small, possibly tree-dwelling (arboreal) animal.
Q: What is unique about Yi's elongated third finger?
A: Yi's elongated third finger helped to support a membranous gliding plane (aerofoil) made of skin.
Q: What makes Yi qi unique among all known dinosaurs?
A: Yi qi had a modified wrist bone and gliding membrane that is unique among all known dinosaurs and might have resulted in wings similar in appearance to those of bats.
