within a species.: 50  In the case of Confuciusornis, only C. sanctus is universally accepted. Confuciusornis chuonzhous was named by Hou in 1997 based...

pheomelanosomes preserved in a specimen of Confuciusornis, (IVPP V13171). This suggested that Confuciusornis had hues of grey, red/brown and black. This...

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...

paper in which they analysed the rachises of the primary feathers of Confuciusornis and Archaeopteryx. The analysis suggested that the rachises on these...

Changchengornis might indicate a diet different from that of Confuciusornis. However, of Confuciusornis itself it is contested whether it were a fish eater, an...

clade Avialae. In this sense, protobirds would include animals like Confuciusornis, Sapeornis, and the Enantiornithes. These animals were small, flying...

non-crown group primitive birds like Archaeopteryx, Hesperornis and Confuciusornis, therefore, pan-group birds would include all dinosaurs and pterosaurs...

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...

Confuciusornis sanctus, a Cretaceous bird from China that lived 125 million years ago, is the oldest known bird to have a beak....

combines a Greek ἠώς, eos, "dawn", with the name of the related genus Confuciusornis. The specific name honours Zheng Guangmei. The holotype, specimen IVPP...