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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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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 ****igned to the
monotypic clade Confuciusornithiformes within the...
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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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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...
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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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combines a Gr**** ἠώς, eos, "dawn", with the name of the
related genus Confuciusornis. The
specific name
honours Zheng Guangmei. The holotype,
specimen IVPP...
- 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...
