Confuciusornis -- The Dinosauricon

	*Confuciusornis* "Confucius' bird"
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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

C. sanctus
- hundreds of complete specimens with feather impressions
C. chuonzhous
- leg
C. suniae
- complete specimen(s?)

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

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DANIEL BENSEN, T. MICHAEL KEESEY Ink, Digital (Two-Dimensional)		a female *Confuciusornis* *sanctus*

SUSAN MORGAN Digital (Two-Dimensional)		the Chinese bird *Confuciusornis* *sanctus*

DANIEL BENSEN Digital (Two-Dimensional), Paint		measured drawing of *Confuciusornis* *dui*

DANIEL BENSEN Digital (Two-Dimensional), Paint		measured drawing of *Confuciusornis* *sanctus* (male left, female right)

see also: Art Gallery

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