Dinosauria›Reptilia›Theropoda›Scansoriopterygidae
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Yi Yi qi Xu et al. 2015

/jˈi/ estimated
Late Jurassic (Oxfordian) · 165.3–154.8 Mya

Key Statistics

Diet
carnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
solitary

Where It Was Found

Country
China
Region
Hebei
Formation
Tiaojishan
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Recorded finds in China. Present-day positions: the continents have moved since.

Overview

Yi qi is a theropod dinosaur known from the Late Jurassic, roughly 165.3–154.8 million years ago. It was a carnivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and solitary. Fossils have been recovered from Hebei, China. It was named by Xu et al. 2015. The species is represented by 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.

Fossil Record Completeness

How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record

~5%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.

Geologic Time

Where Yi qi sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Yi
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya

Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

These species share Yi qi's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.

predator–prey
Pulaosaurus
Pulaosaurus qinglong
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coexisted–with
Gongbusaurus
Gongbusaurus wucaiwanensis
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coexisted–with
Shunosaurus
Shunosaurus lii
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coexisted–with
Mamenchisaurus
Mamenchisaurus sinocanadorum
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coexisted–with
Mamenchisaurus
Mamenchisaurus sanjiangensis
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same–clade
Aurornis
Aurornis xui
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same–clade
Eosinopteryx
Eosinopteryx brevipenna
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same–clade
Anchiornis
Anchiornis huxleyi
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