Is this for real? A bat winged Dinosaur!!!

[Takama]

So 24 inches.   Thats small enough for my 1:12 line.   Now to wait it out to see if everything in 100% legit

[Shadowknight1]

Dinosaurs truly were some of the strangest creatures to roam the planet.

[Balaur]

That is so weird! What's next? A whale like spinsoaur? 

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

When they find a similar species that is T-Rex sized ..yep dragons are real.

[Shadowknight1]

When they find a similar species that is T-Rex sized ..yep dragons are real.

I still think sometimes that perhaps ancient fossil finds may have inspired the myths of dragons.

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

When they find a similar species that is T-Rex sized ..yep dragons are real.

I still think sometimes that perhaps ancient fossil finds may have inspired the myths of dragons.

Oh no doubt... "dragon" bones were often collected in Asia and powdered to make different folk remedies.

[tanystropheus]

Perhaps, it really did inspire the mythical concept of the Chinese Dragon?    Any cryptid reports of 'bat-winged dinosaurs' in China?

[tanystropheus]

Dinosaurs truly were some of the strangest creatures to roam the planet.

Regardless of scientific nomenclature/classification, dinosaurs were more or less 'monsters'. For a case in point, check out Therizinosaurus.

[CityRaptor]

Depending on the definition of monster, then yes. Although for them it would be completely normal with us being the monsters.

Perhaps, it really did inspire the mythical concept of the Chinese Dragon?    Any cryptid reports of 'bat-winged dinosaurs' in China?

Expect this does not look like a Chinese Dragon:


It looks more like a Western Dragon:

[Paleogene Pals]

So when there was trouble afoot in the Middle Jurassic, did they throw out the 'bat-dino' signal?

[tyrantqueen]

More like a wyvern...it just needs a tail stinger

[suspsy]

So which company will be the first to make a toy of Yi?

If we were placing bets? CollectA. Anthony Beeson seems to love the new and unusual as challenges. Fortunately, it means it will also be a decent replica.

You have read my mind.And I'll send a request to CollectA for making the insane Yi qi.What a fascinating being.

It would certainly look great done at the same scale as this year's Guidraco.

[tanystropheus]

Depending on the definition of monster, then yes. Although for them it would be completely normal with us being the monsters.

Perhaps, it really did inspire the mythical concept of the Chinese Dragon?    Any cryptid reports of 'bat-winged dinosaurs' in China?

Expect this does not look like a Chinese Dragon:


It looks more like a Western Dragon:

Thanks for the correction. The Chinese Dragon looks a bit more like Ogopogo with the addition of limbs...

[sauroid]

https://youtu.be/fF_FOay9d5c

[amargasaurus cazaui]

https://app.box.com/s/ycw4k2j3lk3u89ozsrscu01w3bk6us5q



if it was posted before i missed it....but there ya go

[Derek.McManus]

  the world of dinosaurs just gets stranger and stranger...when I was a kid people still thought they lived in swamps!

[sauroid]

life reconstruction of Yi qi by Emily Willoughby

[Patrx]

Brilliant! It's much better than that CGI version that went out with the paper.

[suspsy]

CollectA may want to hold off on that Yi qi figure for a little longer.

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/tetrapod-zoology/2015/05/05/yi-qi-is-neat/

Actually, you know what? If they do go ahead and make a winged Yi for 2016, I'd buy it.

[Concavenator]

CollectA may want to hold off on that Yi qi figure for a little longer.

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/tetrapod-zoology/2015/05/05/yi-qi-is-neat/

Actually, you know what? If they do go ahead and make a winged Yi for 2016, I'd buy it.

Me too.CollectA themselves told me they think it's very interesting and in their opinion one of the most exciting discoveries.That could be a hint.
I personally think a bat-winged Yi is sensible and accurate.