Confuciusornis Hou, Zhou, Gu & Zhang, 1995
Confuciusornis Hou, Zhou, Gu & Zhang, 1995
(Chin Sci Bull 40 (18), September: 1545.
NcZ) "Confucius' bird"
kon-FYOO-shi-SOR-nis (Confusius + Gr. ornis "bird") (m)
named to honor the great Chinese moral philosopher Confucius (551-479 B.P.);
for an early form with a toothless beak that apparently evolved independently of modern birds.
Known from dozens of newly discovered specimens, yet to be described.
Enantiornithes i.s. E. Cret. China
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