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Confuciusornithiformes
Taxonomy
Confuciusornithiformes was named by Hou et al. (1995). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Sauriurae by Hou (1997) and Hou et al. (1999); to Archaeornithes by Livezey and Zusi (2007); and to Pygostylia by O'Connor and Zelenkov (2013), Wang et al. (2014) and Wang et al. (2019).
It was assigned to Sauriurae by Hou (1997) and Hou et al. (1999); to Archaeornithes by Livezey and Zusi (2007); and to Pygostylia by O'Connor and Zelenkov (2013), Wang et al. (2014) and Wang et al. (2019).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1995 | Confuciusornithiformes Hou et al. |
| 1997 | Confuciusornithiformes Hou |
| 1999 | Confuciusornithiformes Hou et al. p. 679 |
| 2007 | Confuciusornithiformes Livezey and Zusi p. 89 |
| 2013 | Confuciusornithiformes O'Connor and Zelenkov |
| 2014 | Confuciusornithiformes Wang et al. |
| 2019 | Confuciusornithiformes Wang et al. p. 3–4 |
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Or. †Confuciusornithiformes Hou et al. 1995
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Fm. †Confuciusornithidae Hou et al. 1995
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G. †Confuciusornis Hou et al. 1995
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†Confuciusornis chuongzhous Hou 1997
†Confuciusornis dui Hou et al. 1999
†Confuciusornis sanctus Hou et al. 1995
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Invalid names: Confuciusornis feducciai Zhang et al. 2009 [synonym], Confuciusornis jianchangensis Li et al. 2010 [synonym], Confuciusornis suniae Hou 1997 [synonym], Jinzhouornis yixianensis Hou et al. 2002 [synonym], Jinzhouornis zhangjiyingia Hou et al. 2002 [synonym]
Invalid names: Jinzhouornis Hou et al. 2002 [synonym]
Invalid names: Confuciusornis chuonzhous Hou 1997 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| M. Wang et al. 2019 | As for the family. |