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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...
- (Shestakovo locality),
Western Siberia.
Evgenavis may have been the only
confuciusornithiform known outside the
Jehol Biota,
although there is also the possibility...
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Confuciusornithiforms...
- of
Confuciusornis based on
morphometry and
examination of
known confuciusornithiform specimens.
Confuciusornis was
about the size of a
modern crow, with...
- 12.004. J.K, O'Connor; A.O, Averianov; N.V,
Zelenkov (2014). "A
Confuciusornithiform (Aves, Pygostylia)-Like
Tarsometatarsus from the
Early Cretaceous...
- 1017/s1477201906001933. O'Connor, JL; Averianov, AO; Zelenkov, NV (2014). "A
confuciusornithiform (Aves, Pygostylia)-like
tarsometatarsus from the
Early Cretaceous...
- once again, but a
basal one;
Hartman and
colleagues recover it as a
confuciusornithiform while Mayr and
colleagues note
similarities with
Gargantuavis and...
- S2CID 140163441. J.K, O'Connor; A.O, Averianov; N.V,
Zelenkov (2014). "A
Confuciusornithiform (Aves, Pygostylia)-Like
Tarsometatarsus from the
Early Cretaceous...
- 289–295. J.K, O'Connor; A.O, Averianov; N.V,
Zelenkov (2014). "A
Confuciusornithiform (Aves, Pygostylia)-Like
Tarsometatarsus from the
Early Cretaceous...
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Cretaceous period,
approximately 135 to 130 Ma.
Fossils include the
confuciusornithiform bird Eoconfuciusornis. As of 2016[citation needed] this is the oldest...