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Confuciusornis dui

Reptilia - Confuciusornithiformes - Confuciusornithidae

Taxonomy
Confuciusornis dui was named by Hou et al. (1999). Its type specimen is IVPP V11553, a skeleton (nearly complete skeleton with feathers), and it is a compression preserving soft parts. Its type locality is Libalanggou, Zhangjiyin, which is in a Barremian/Aptian lacustrine siltstone/mudstone in the Yixian Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Confuciusornis dui Hou et al. p. 679 figs. 1-2
2004Confuciusornis dui Padian p. 212
2009Confuciusornis dui Zhang et al. p. 787
2010Confuciusornis dui Li et al. p. 90–91
2013Confuciusornis dui O'Connor and Zelenkov
2014Confuciusornis dui O'Connor et al.
2014Confuciusornis dui Wang et al.
2014Confuciusornis dui Wang et al.
2015Confuciusornis dui Wang et al.
2019Confuciusornis dui Wang et al. p. 12

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Eugnathostomata
—Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
—PygostyliaChiappe 2002
orderConfuciusornithiformesHou et al. 1995
familyConfuciusornithidaeHou et al. 1995
genusConfuciusornisHou et al. 1995
speciesdui

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Confuciusornis dui Hou et al. 1999
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
M. Wang et al. 2019A small confuciusornithiform distinguishable through the following combination of characters: rostrum sharply pointed; dorsal process of maxilla triangular (halberd-shaped in C. sanctus); ventral margin of dentary straight (ventral convexity present in C. sanctus); surangular without a ventral process (present in C. sanctus and E. zhengi); deltopectoral crest pierced by suboval fenestra (absent in E. zhengi); and alular digit claw relatively small.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:39:15
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:39:15
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Benton 1983

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Barremian to the top of the Early/Lower Aptian or 125.77000 to 119.57000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian125.77 - 119.57China (Liaoning) Confuciusornis dui (type locality: 24899)