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Eoconfuciusornis zhengi
Taxonomy
Eoconfuciusornis zhengi was named by Zhang et al. (2008). Its type specimen is IVPP V11977, a skeleton (nearly complete skeleton including feather impressions), and it is a compression preserving soft parts. Its type locality is Sichakou, which is in a Hauterivian/Barremian lacustrine siliciclastic in the Dabeigou Formation of China. It is the type species of Eoconfuciusornis.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2008 | Eoconfuciusornis zhengi Zhang et al. p. 626 |
| 2010 | Eoconfuciusornis zhengi Li et al. p. 88 |
| 2019 | Eoconfuciusornis zhengi Wang et al. p. 22 |
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†Eoconfuciusornis zhengi Zhang et al. 2008
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| M. Wang et al. 2019 | A small confuciusornithiform distinguished by the following unique combination of characters: rostrum sharply pointed as in C. dui (rather than stout as in C. sanctus or ventrally curved as in Ch. hengdaoziensis); dorsal process of maxilla craniocaudally compressed (as opposed to triangular in C. dui, and halberd-shaped in C. sanctus); surangular bearing a ventral process (absent in C. dui); thoracic vertebrae without lateral excavations; humeral deltopectoral crest imperforate (fenestrated in C. sanctus and C. dui; however, this feature is possibly subject to ontogenetic variation, as discussed below); and proximal phalanx shorter than intermediate phalanx in major digit (intermediate phalanx shorter in Ch. hengdaoziensis). |
Measurements
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| Source: subo = suborder, o = order | |||||
| References: Benton 1983, Marsh 1875 | |||||
Age range: base of the Hauterivian to the top of the Barremian or 132.60000 to 121.40000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Hauterivian - Barremian | China (Hebei) | Eoconfuciusornis zhengi (type locality: 85261) |