within a species.: 50  In the case of Confuciusornis, only C. sanctus is universally accepted. Confuciusornis chuonzhous was named by Hou in 1997 based...

pheomelanosomes preserved in a specimen of Confuciusornis, (IVPP V13171). This suggested that Confuciusornis had hues of grey, red/brown and black. This...

sometimes 2–4 central "streamers" such as those found in some specimens of Confuciusornis or in Paraprotopteryx. By contrast, the function of the pygostyle in...

Confuciusornithidae was first named by Hou et al. in 1995 to contain the type genus, Confuciusornis, and assigned to the monotypic clade Confuciusornithiformes within the...

Changchengornis might indicate a diet different from that of Confuciusornis. However, of Confuciusornis itself it is contested whether it were a fish eater, an...

clade Avialae. In this sense, protobirds would include animals like Confuciusornis, Sapeornis, and the Enantiornithes. These animals were small, flying...

paper in which they analysed the rachises of the primary feathers of Confuciusornis and Archaeopteryx. The analysis suggested that the rachises on these...

non-crown group primitive birds like Archaeopteryx, Hesperornis and Confuciusornis, therefore, pan-group birds would include all dinosaurs and pterosaurs...

Confuciusornis sanctus, a Cretaceous bird from China that lived 125 million years ago, is the oldest known bird to have a beak....

in several binomial names in the taxonomy of life. Examples include: Confuciusornis sanctus, a prehistoric primitive bird Rubus ulmifolius subsp. sanctus...

combines a Greek ἠώς, eos, "dawn", with the name of the related genus Confuciusornis. The specific name honours Zheng Guangmei. The holotype, specimen IVPP...

"Life history of a basal bird: morphometrics of the Early Cretaceous Confuciusornis". Biology Letters. 4 (6): 719–723. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2008.0409. PMC 2614169...

and culture Confucius Peace Prize, a peace prize in China since 2010 Confuciusornis, a genus of primitive crow-sized birds from the early Cretaceous Period...

University of California Press. Chiappe, L. (1997). "The Chinese early bird Confuciusornis and the paraphyletic status of Sauriurae". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology...

of the largest animals to ever fly, lived during the Late Cretaceous Confuciusornis, a genus of crow-sized birds from the Early Cretaceous Ichthyornis was...

from the feathers of the dinosaur Sinornithosaurus and the early bird Confuciusornis. This confirms that ancient feathers had a composition similar to that...

during 2009). They found that Zhongjianornis was more primitive than Confuciusornis, and that it predated the split between euornithean and enantiornithean...

Elasmosaurus Olivia Hamilton as Lily Lambeosaurus Phil Hayes as Chung Confuciusornis, King Cryolophosaurus Maryke Hendrikse as Penelope Protoceratops Ryan...

Seismosaurus Tarbosaurus Tarchia Pinacosaurus (mentioned) Oviraptor Confuciusornis Sinosauropteryx (shown) Microraptor (shown) Sinornithosaurus (shown)...

fossil vertebrates including Caudipteryx, oviraptorids, dromaeosaurids, Confuciusornis, Chaoyangia, and Longipteryx; however it apparently does not occur in...

chaoyangensis is about as derived as Confuciusornis. However, the apomorphies were largely different from Confuciusornis, and a character analysis demonstrates...

in honor of the locality, but it appears to be a junior synonym of Confuciusornis which was found in the same formation some years earlier. Jinzhou has...

preserved feather impressions. The analyzed fossil taxa consisted of Confuciusornis, Beipiaosaurus, Microraptor and Sinornithosaurus. For Beipiaosaurus...

al. (2024). A morphometric study of a large sample of specimens of Confuciusornis sanctus is published by Zhou et al. (2024), who interpret their findings...

finger has only two phalangeal bones, unlike non-avian dinosaurs and Confuciusornis, and more like Enantiornithes and more advanced avialans. These features...

(perhaps like Microraptor) could coexist with more advanced fliers (like Confuciusornis or Sapeornis) since they did not compete for flying niches. It explains...

†Omnivoropterygidae? Omnivoropteryx Sapeornis †Confuciusornithidae Changchengornis Confuciusornis Eoconfuciusornis Yangavis †Jinguofortisidae Chongmingia Cratonavis Jinguofortis...

reduced to a pygostyle and the tail function taken over by feathers. Confuciusornis is an example of their trend. While keeping the clawed fingers, perhaps...

†Omnivoropterygidae? Omnivoropteryx Sapeornis †Confuciusornithidae Changchengornis Confuciusornis Eoconfuciusornis Yangavis †Jinguofortisidae Chongmingia Cratonavis Jinguofortis...

†Confuciusornis...