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- Confuciusornithidae is an extinct family of pygostylian avialans known from the Early Cretaceous, found in northern China. They are commonly placed as...
- Pygostylia is a group of avialans which includes the Confuciusornithidae and all of the more advanced species, the Ornithothoraces. The group Pygostylia...
- earliest known species to have evolved a pygostyle were members of the Confuciusornithidae.[citation needed] The structure provided an evolutionary advantage...
- genus of primitive crow-sized birds from the early Cretaceous Period Confuciusornithidae, a family of primitive birds from the early Cretaceous Period Confucius...
- the Archaeornis being the Berlin specimen of Archaeopteryx. The Confuciusornithidae and Enantiornithes were found a century after Gradow's organization...
- relatives) †Omnivoropterygidae (large, early short-tailed avialans) †Confuciusornithidae (small toothless birds) †Enantiornithes (primitive tree-dwelling...
- Qiang; Norell, Mark A. (1999). "Anatomy and systematics of the Confuciusornithidae (Theropoda, Aves) from the late Mesozoic of northeastern China"....
- †Confuciusornithidae...
- and crest of Confuciusornis. Hou ****igned Confuciusornis to the Confuciusornithidae in 1995. At first he ****umed it was a member of the Enantiornithes...
- Ji, Q., and Norell, M.A. (1999). "Anatomy and systematics of the Confuciusornithidae (Aves) from the Mesozoic of North-eastern China." Bulletin of the...