Ambopteryx
Field photograph to come
Ambopteryx
DV-1045
- Lived
- 162 to 143 million years ago, Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Scansoriopterygidae
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Wang et al. 2019
Field notes
About Ambopteryx
Ambopteryx was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous, 162 to 143 million years ago. It belongs to the family Scansoriopterygidae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Ambopteryx, from China. It was named by Wang et al. in 2019.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
150 million years ago
Close relatives
Other members of Scansoriopterygidae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: M. Wang, J. K. O'Connor, and X. Xu, Z. Zhou. 2019. A new Jurassic scansoriopterygid and the loss of membranous wings in theropod dinosaurs. Nature 568