- however,
predated the
other confuciusornithids by 6
million years,
dating to 131 Ma ago. The
entire body of
confuciusornithids was
covered in
contour feathers...
-
Changchengornis C.
hengdaoziensis Jianshangou Bed "Nearly
complete skeleton." A
confuciusornithid Confuciusornis C.
chuonzhous Junior synonym of
Confuciusornis sanctus...
-
colleagues concluded that the
configuration seen in the
temporal region of
confuciusornithids was
autapomorphic (a
unique trait that
evolved secondarily rather...
-
Cretaceous Compsognathids (Dinosauria: Theropoda)
Demonstrate Feeding on
Confuciusornithids and Dromaeosaurids", PLoS ONE 7(8): e44012. doi:10.1371/journal.pone...
- "metron",
measurement Chiappe, L.M.; et al. (1999). "A new Late
Mesozoic Confuciusornithid Bird from China" (PDF).
Journal of
Vertebrate Paleontology. 19 (1):...
-
Cretaceous Compsognathids (Dinosauria: Theropoda)
Demonstrate Feeding on
Confuciusornithids and Dromaeosaurids", PLoS ONE 7(8): e44012. doi:10.1371/journal.pone...
- relatives, the
presence of a
fused scapulocoracoid is
found only in
confuciusornithids among other avialans. This is an
apparent example of
convergent evolution...
-
coloration Zhang, Z.; Zhou, Z.; Benton, M.J. (2008). "A
primitive confuciusornithid bird from
China and its
implications for
early avian flight". Science...
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Zhonghe Gu
Yucai Zhang He
Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation China A
confuciusornithid Corvus moravicus Sp. nov.
Valid Jiri
Mlikovsky Early Pleistocene Stránská...
- spear-like
pygostyles known in
other enantiornitheans, as well as
confuciusornithids and sapeornithids. Instead, its
pygostyle is most
similar to the plow-shaped...
