The first flying dinosaurs were a failed evolutionary experiment

Yi qi and Ambopteryx longibrachium, the first dinosaurs to take to the air, had wings made of membranes like bats, but they could barely glide and were soon outcompeted by birds

Source:
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2257732-the-first-flying-dinosaurs-were-a-failed-evolutionary-experiment/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home