Name - Confuciusornis

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:1188024 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

• Confuciusornis Hou, Zhou, Gu & Zhang 1995

• Confuciusornis Hou et al. 1995

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Recent Publications

• Sexual selection and the evolution of dinosaur flight.
• Reply to: Transformation of Β-sheets into disordered structures during the fossilization of feathers.
• A secondary endochondral ossification centre in the furcula of extant birds and its significance for the evolution of the neornithine acrocoracoclavicular joint.
• Some features of the lifestyle of Confuciusornis - Early Cretaceous semi-aquatic birds.
• Reconstruction of pectoral musculature in non-avialan paravians and basal birds: implications in the acquisition of flapping flight.

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