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Confuciusornis is a genus of crow-sized, primitive, birds from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation (Jianshangou Beds) of China, dating to 124.6 million years ago. Like modern birds, Confuciusorn...
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In the foyer of the New Mexico Museum of Natural History in Albuquerque lies the skeleton of a slight chicken-sized bird from northeastern China.1 The 130-million-year-old bird, known to paleontologists as Confuciusornis sanctus, has been on display since July 2, 1998.2 Its fossilized remains are among the most...
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See id.; 18 See id.; 19 This was two years before the Confuciusornis sanctus was identified and published. A Confuciusornis also appeared in New York in 1993 in the hands of a Chinese businessman who tried to sell it to Phillips Fine Art Auctioneers.
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Confuciusornis sanctus provides the earliest evidence for a beaked, edentulous bird. The associated wing skeleton retains the primitive pattern found in Archaeopteryx, including a manus with unfused carpal elements and long digits.
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Food remains in Confuciusornis sanctus suggest a fish diet Export ... CiteULike is a free online bibliography manager. Register and you can start organising your references online. ... View FullText article...
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Chinese and American paleontologists describe the fossils and discuss their implications in a report published in the journal Nature. Their name for the new fossil species is Confuciusornis sanctus, for holy Confucius bird.
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