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†Confuciusornis Hou et al. 1995 (bird)

Aves - Confuciusornithiformes - Confuciusornithidae

Synonym: Jinzhouornis Hou et al. 2002

Parent taxon: Confuciusornithidae according to M. Wang et al. 2019

See also Chiappe 2002, Godefroit et al. 2013, Hou 1997, Hou et al. 1999, Hou et al. 1995, Ji et al. 1999, Kurochkin et al. 2013, Lefevre et al. 2014, Li et al. 2010, Maryanska et al. 2002, Norell and Clarke 2001, O'Connor et al. 2014, O'Connor and Sullivan 2014, O'Connor and Zelenkov 2013, Padian 2004, Sereno 1999, Wang et al. 2022, Wang et al. 2015, Wang and Liu 2015, Wang et al. 2014, Wang et al. 2015, Wang et al. 2014, Zhang et al. 2009 and Zhou and Wang 2010

Sister taxa: Changchengornis, Confuciusornis chuonzhous, Eoconfuciusornis, Jibeinia, Yangavis

Subtaxa: Confuciusornis chuongzhous Confuciusornis dui Confuciusornis sanctus Confuciusornis shifan

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of China (17 collections)

Total: 17 collections including 19 occurrences

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