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Yi qi
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Published: 2015-05-03 01:01:45 +0000 UTC; Views: 40422; Favourites: 1728; Downloads: 333
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2-day gouache painting of Yi qi , the bizarre new membrane-winged scansoriopterygid. I wanted to see what the membrane would look like attaching further down on the body than in nearly every depiction I've seen so far, which show it attaching on the flank or at the armpit. I can't get behind a leg-attachment point for this critter; it makes more sense to me that a long-legged animal would want its legs free and flexible. If a sprawling mobile hip-joint can be established for scansors, I'd potentially change my stance on that. Anyway, here's a semi-new interpretation amidst a flood of recent restorations.
I'm definitely not convinced of powered flight for this critter, so here it is in an extended leap onto a log in pursuit of a Tiaojishan archisargid fly, Calosargus.
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Never heard of this dino. Pretty much a pocket-sized dragon! Nice job!
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Fantastic painting -- it's such a fascinating animal!
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So would you more see Yi Qi as a glider, like today's flying squirrels / sugar gliders / colugo?
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Amazing and weird!Β I am so excited by how many new discovers/theories are being made about prehistoric life.
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THIS WAS YOUR PICTURE?
awesome
i saw this on Β video by "trey the explainer" i thought it was super amaing
love the angle of the body, love the shape of Yi Qi's head i love all of it
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Did you see the last news about this dinosaur?Β pterosaurheresies.wordpress.coβ¦
Looks like there was no membrane at all and the styliform element was just the radius/ulna. So no batsaurus, sadly.
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Stop goon around posting this BS.
- the membrane has been found through cellular-level analysis
- the styliform cannot be an ulnar or radius because we already have those bones.
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are you retard or what? You've been insulting me for a whole year, this is the 20th message you sent me about the subject! Can't you read your own replies? Or are you too stupid to read?
Even if you were right, you're acting like a cunt. Thanks you're blocked now, enough is enough.Β
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Like he said, Pterosaur Heresies is not a reliable source for information.
He's a paleo wackjob that supposedly sees what no one else can see in fossils.
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Pterosaur Heresies is NOT a reliable source of info.
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This is actually my basic for my own illustration of Yi!
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Sadly the batsaurus never existed: in fact, the "styliform element" was just a misplaced radius/ulna. If you want to read more check this out:Β pterosaurheresies.wordpress.coβ¦
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I wouldn't change my view of the animal based on a blog post. If research along these lines gets peer-reviewed and published in a real journal, then it would be worth considering--but not if it's just Dave Peters measuring stuff on his computer screen with a ruler.
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Not to mention the styliform really was one and not an ulnar, because we have both ulnars from Yi
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This is such awesomeness.
Yi qi always was an amazing creature, but your painting made it even better
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that looks amazing, the tails look like a nice touch
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Dinosaurs like Yi Qi and Mononykus need to become the norm for Dinosaurs in Pop culture
if You don't love Yi Qi then You obviously HATE Dinosaurs
Yi Qi more then deserves the place of celebrity status
Yi Qi is love, Yi Qi is life
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True words
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You might wanna reconsider agreeing with this guy. He's a bit of an arse as evidence by comments such as this:
comments.deviantart.com/18/211β¦
comments.deviantart.com/18/206β¦
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Just because I agree with him about this, doesn't mean I agree with him on everything.
And that was an extreme way to respond to people who disagrees with him, that was pretty messed up way to respond even if I like accurately feathered dinosaurs.
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Heck YES They are
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Hail to the Yi baby
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YiΒ is love, Yi is life
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I always pictured dragons more avian like if they where real lol
what a wonderful little creature, to bad their extinct, I would love to have an aviary with these buggers
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More specifically a cockatrice, since it matches the size of a hawk, or a rooster.
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Oh neat! I've never seen this before. Looks almost like a dragon and-
Wait. This thing...this draconic creature...with bat wings...is a DINOSAUR?!
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Hi honestly love how you depict all your dinosaurs, they seem so real, and the time and effort you put into their accuracy of construction is remarkable. It really makes the whole collection more enjoyable. Thank you.
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I love this dinosaur so much, it's pretty much a legitimate dragon that ACTUALLY existed. Being a lifetime lover of anything dragon, this makes me extremely excited.
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Fantastic, you've got some real skill with gouacheΒ
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Now that's a critter! Almost something between a maniraptorian dinosaur and a bat
When evolution is a big surprise...
And some still think Darwin has never existed after something like that. Oh well.
Beautiful painting anyway!
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Beautiful work! Congratulations on the DD!
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SoΒ now every single drawing I've ever made of EpidexipteryxΒ or Scansoriopteryx is completely out of date.
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One of my favorite works by you, deserved daily deviation. Love the motion in it! 
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