within a species.: 50 In the case of Confuciusornis, only C. sanctus is universally accepted. Confuciusornis chuonzhous was named by Hou in 1997 based...
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Dinosaur coloration (section Confuciusornis)
pheomelanosomes preserved in a specimen of Confuciusornis, (IVPP V13171). This suggested that Confuciusornis had hues of grey, red/brown and black. This...
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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...
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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...
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Changchengornis might indicate a diet different from that of Confuciusornis. However, of Confuciusornis itself it is contested whether it were a fish eater, an...
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non-crown group primitive birds like Archaeopteryx, Hesperornis and Confuciusornis, therefore, pan-group birds would include all dinosaurs and pterosaurs...
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paper in which they analysed the rachises of the primary feathers of Confuciusornis and Archaeopteryx. The analysis suggested that the rachises on these...
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clade Avialae. In this sense, protobirds would include animals like Confuciusornis, Sapeornis, and the Enantiornithes. These animals were small, flying...
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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...
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Confuciusornis sanctus, a Cretaceous bird from China that lived 125 million years ago, is the oldest known bird to have a beak....
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"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...
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in several binomial names in the taxonomy of life. Examples include: Confuciusornis sanctus, a prehistoric primitive bird Rubus ulmifolius subsp. sanctus...
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preserved feather impressions. The analyzed fossil taxa consisted of Confuciusornis, Beipiaosaurus, Microraptor and Sinornithosaurus. For Beipiaosaurus...
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Seismosaurus Tarbosaurus Tarchia Pinacosaurus (mentioned) Oviraptor Confuciusornis Sinosauropteryx (shown) Microraptor (shown) Sinornithosaurus (shown)...
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combines a Greek ἠώς, eos, "dawn", with the name of the related genus Confuciusornis. The specific name honours Zheng Guangmei. The holotype, specimen IVPP...
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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...
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from the feathers of the dinosaur Sinornithosaurus and the early bird Confuciusornis. This confirms that ancient feathers had a composition similar to that...
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Elasmosaurus Olivia Hamilton as Lily Lambeosaurus Phil Hayes as Chung Confuciusornis, King Cryolophosaurus Maryke Hendrikse as Penelope Protoceratops Ryan...
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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...
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finger has only two phalangeal bones, unlike non-avian dinosaurs and Confuciusornis, and more like Enantiornithes and more advanced avialans. These features...
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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...
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University of California Press. Chiappe, L. (1997). "The Chinese early bird Confuciusornis and the paraphyletic status of Sauriurae". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology...
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R.L.; Dyke, G.J. (14 May 2010). "Narrow Primary Feather Rachises in Confuciusornis and Archaeopteryx Suggest Poor Flight Ability". Science. 328 (5980):...
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†Omnivoropterygidae? Omnivoropteryx Sapeornis †Confuciusornithidae Changchengornis Confuciusornis Eoconfuciusornis Yangavis †Jinguofortisidae Chongmingia Cratonavis Jinguofortis...
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chaoyangensis is about as derived as Confuciusornis. However, the apomorphies were largely different from Confuciusornis, and a character analysis demonstrates...
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†Omnivoropterygidae? Omnivoropteryx Sapeornis †Confuciusornithidae Changchengornis Confuciusornis Eoconfuciusornis Yangavis †Jinguofortisidae Chongmingia Cratonavis Jinguofortis...
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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...
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fossil vertebrates including Caudipteryx, oviraptorids, dromaeosaurids, Confuciusornis, Chaoyangia, and Longipteryx; however it apparently does not occur in...
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Bone histology of the non-avian dinosaur Shuvuuia and the early bird Confuciusornis...
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