Confuciusornis
"Confucius' bird"
[ Time | Place | Remains | Essay | Images ]

CLASSIFICATION

Confuciusornis Hou, Zhou, Gu & Zhang, 1995
    TYPE SPECIES:
  • C. sanctus Hou, Zhou, Gu & Zhang, 1995 "holy Confucius' bird"
    OTHER SPECIES:
  • C. chuonzhous Hou, 1996
  • C. dui
  • C. sp.
  • C. suniae Hou, 1996

    MISASSIGNED SPECIES:
  • C. meidus Hou, 1996 == C. chuonzhous
  • C. shuzi Hou, 1996 == C. suniae
Animalia
Vertebrata
Tetrapoda
Sauropsida
Archosauromorpha
Ornithodira
Dinosauria
Theropoda
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria
Avialae

see also: Genus Index, Classification


TIME

Barremian?

see also: Ages of the Mesozoic


PLACE

China

see also: Paleo-Maps


REMAINS

see also: Anatomy


ESSAY

The earliest bird known to have a true beak. Although toothless, it is probably independent of the two major radiations of toothless birds, enantiornitheans and neornitheans.


IMAGES

Click on thumbnail to see full image.

DANIEL BENSEN, T. MICHAEL KEESEY

Ink, Digital (Two-Dimensional)

[THUMBNAIL] a female Confuciusornis sanctus

SUSAN MORGAN

Digital (Two-Dimensional)

[THUMBNAIL] the Chinese bird Confuciusornis sanctus

DANIEL BENSEN

Digital (Two-Dimensional), Paint

[THUMBNAIL] measured drawing of Confuciusornis dui

DANIEL BENSEN

Digital (Two-Dimensional), Paint

[THUMBNAIL] measured drawing of Confuciusornis sanctus (male left, female right)

see also: Art Gallery


[ Dinosauricon: Main Page | Introduction | Art Gallery | Guest Book | Home Page ]

[ Genus Index | Classification | Search Forms | World Records | Dinosaurs by Year ]

[ Ages of the Mesozoic | Paleo-Maps | Non-Dinosaurs | Anatomy | Glossary | F.A.Q. ]

[ Dinosaurs by Continent (George Olshevsky) | Details On .... (Mickey Mortimer) ]

[ Links | Books ]

HTML © 2001 T. Mike Keesey
Problems? e-mail <dinosaur@dinosauricon.com>

Hosted by uCoz