†Eoconfuciusornis zhengi Zhang et al. 2008 (bird)
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Aves - Confuciusornithiformes - Confuciusornithidae
Full reference: Z. Zhang, Z. Zhou, and M. J. Benton. 2008. A primitive confuciusornithid bird from China and its implications for early avian flight. Science in China Series D: Earth Sciences 51(5):625-639
Belongs to Eoconfuciusornis according to M. Wang et al. 2019
See also Li et al. 2010 and Zhang et al. 2008
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: IVPP V11977, a skeleton (nearly complete skeleton including feather impressions). Its type locality is Sichakou, which is in a Hauterivian/Barremian lacustrine siliciclastic in the Dabeigou Formation of China.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Sichakou
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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