Descriptions of all fossil Confuciusornithiformes (1 Viewer)

[Fred Ruhe]

The next group are the Pygostylia the first birds with a pygostyle, and no long tail.

For descriptions of all fossil Avialae see: https://www.birdforum.net/threads/descriptions-of-all-fossil-avialae.401773/
For descriptions of all fossil Atchaeopterygidae, Joholornithiformes and Yandangornithiformes see: https://www.birdforum.net/threads/descriptions-of-all-fossil-archaeopterygiformes.401785/
For descriptions of all fossil Rahonaviformes see: https://www.birdforum.net/threads/descriptions-of-all-fossil-rahonaviformes.402134/
For descriptions of all fossil Strigiformes see: https://www.birdforum.net/threads/descriptions-of-all-fossil-strigiformes.394722/

Enjoy,

Fred

 

[Fred Ruhe]

Subclassis CONFUCIUSORNITHES Zelenkov, 2015
Evgeny Nikolayevic Kurochkin, A. V. Lopatin & Nikita V. Zelenkov, 2015
Fossil Vertebrates of Russia and Adjecent Countries
Fossil Reptiles and Birds
Russian Academy of Sciences, Borissiak Paleontological Institute 5-299

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Nikita_Zelenkov/publication/327679734_Fossil_vertebrates_of_Russia_and_adjacent_countries_Fossil_reptiles_and_birds_Part_3_Eds_EN_Kurochkin_AV_Lopatin_NV_Zelenkov_Moscow_GEOS_2015/links/5b9e566d299bf13e603543dd/Fossil-vertebrates-of-Russia-and-adjacent-countries-Fossil-reptiles-and-birds-Part-3-Eds-EN-Kurochkin-AV-Lopatin-NV-Zelenkov-Moscow-GEOS-2015.pdf?origin=publication_detail

Infraclassis PYGOSTYLIA Chatterjee, 1997
Ordo CONFUCIUSORNITHIFORMES Hou L. H., Zhou, Gu et Zhang, 1995
Familia Incertae Sedis

Genus Zhongjianornis Zhou, Zhang et Li, 2009

Zhongjianornis yangi Zhou, Zhang et Li, 2009
Zhou Zhonghe, Zhang Fucheng & Li Zhiheng, 2009
A New Lower Cretaceous Bird from China and Tooth Reduction in Early Avian Evolution
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, B 277: 219-227

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2842673/pdf/rspb20090885.pdf

 

[Fred Ruhe]

Familia Confuciusornithidae Hou L. H., Zhou, Gu et Zhang, 1995

Genus Confuciusornis Hou L. H., Zhou, Gu et Zhang, 1995

Confuciusornis sanctus Hou L. H., Zhou, Gu et Zhang, 1995
(including Confuciusornis suniae Hou L. H., 1997; Confuciusornis shuzhi Hou L. H., 1997; Jinzhouornis yixianensis Hou L. H., Zhou, Zhang et Gu, 2002; Jinzhouornis zhangjiyingia Hou L. H., Zhou, Zhang et Gu, 2002; Confuciusornis feducciai Zhang, Gao, Meng, Liu, Hou L. H. et Zheng, 2009; Confuciusornis jianchangensis L. Li, J. Q. Wang et S. L. Hou, 2010.)
Lianhai Hou, Zhou Zhonghe, Yucai Gu & He Zhang, 1995
Confuciusornis sanctus, a New Late Jurasic Sauriurine Bird from China
Chinese Science Bulletin 40: 1545-1551

Confuciusornis dui Hou L. H., Martin, Zhou, Feduccia et Zhang, 1999
Lianhai Hou, Larry D. Martin, Zhou Zhonghe, Alan Feduccia & Fucheng Zhang, 1999
A Diapsid Skull in a New Species of the Primitive Bird Confuciusornis
Nature 399: 679-682

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Alan_Feduccia/publication/242880649_A_diapsid_skull_in_a_new_species_of_the_primitive_bird_Confuciusornis/links/56781bbc08ae502c99d55c61/A-diapsid-skull-in-a-new-species-of-the-primitive-bird-Confuciusornis.pdf?origin=publication_detail

Genus Changchengornis Q. Ji, Chiappe et S. Ji, 1999

Changchengornis hengdaoziensis Q. Ji, Chiappe et S. Ji, 1999
Ji Qiang, Luis M. Chiappe & Ji Shu’an, 1999
A New Late Mesozoic Confuciusornithid Bird from China
Journal of vertebrate paleontology 19: 1-7

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Luis_Chiappe/publication/254314122_A_New_Late_Mesozoic_confuciusornithid_Bird_from_China/links/573e254808ae9f741b300907/A-New-Late-Mesozoic-confuciusornithid-Bird-from-China.pdf?origin=publication_detail

Genus Yangavis Wang et Zhou, 2018

Yangavis confucii Wang et Zhou, 2019
Min Wang & Zhonghe Zhou, 2019
A New Confuciusornithid (Aves: Pygostylia) from the Early Cretaceous Increases the Morphological Disparity of the Confuciusornithidae
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
Unfortunately I can't find the paper on line, but I have the pdf, you can ask me for it.

Genus Eoconfuciusornis Zhang, Zhou et Benton, 2008

Eoconfuciusornis zhengi Zhang, Zhou et Benton, 2008
Fucheng Zhang, Zhonghe Zhou & Michael Benton, 2008
A Primitive Confuciusornithid Bird from China and Its Implications for Early Avian Flight
Science in China D: Earth Sciences 51: 625-639

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Michael_Benton/publication/226215117_A_primitive_confuciusornithid_bird_from_China_and_its_implications_for_early_avian_flight/links/0912f50c2731883bb2000000/A-primitive-confuciusornithid-bird-from-China-and-its-implications-for-early-avian-flight.pdf?origin=publication_detail

Familia Incertae Sedis

Genus "Confuciusornis"

"Confuciusornis chuonzhous" Hou L. H., 1997
Lianhai Hou, 1997
Mesozoic Birds of China
Natou, Taiwan: Taiwan Feng Huang Gu Bird Garden + English Translation
English translation: https://paleoglot.org/files/Hou_00.pdf

Genus Evgenavis O’Connor, Averianov et Zelenkov, 2014

Evgenavis nobilis O’Connor, Averianov et Zelenkov, 2014
Jingmai Kathleen O’Connor, Alexander O. Averianov & Nikita V. Zelenkov, 2014


A Confuciusornithiform (Aves, Pygostylia)-like Tarsometarsus from the Early Cretaceous of Siberia and a Discussion of the Evolution of Avian Hindlimb Musculature
Jingmai Kathleen O’Connor, Alexander O. Averianov & Nikita V. Zelenkov, 2014
A Confuciusornithiform (Aves, Pygostylia)-like Tarsometarsus from the Early Cretaceous of Siberia and a Discussion of the Evolution of Avian Hindlimb Musculature
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34: 647-656

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Alexander_Averianov/publication/262579840_A_Confuciusornithiform_Aves_Pygostylia-Like_Tarsometatarsus_from_the_Early_Cretaceous_of_Siberia_and_a_Discussion_of_the_Evolution_of_Avian_Hind_Limb_Musculature/links/0a85e53c4b4c0aeb70000000/A-Confuciusornithiform-Aves-Pygostylia-Like-Tarsometatarsus-from-the-Early-Cretaceous-of-Siberia-and-a-Discussion-of-the-Evolution-of-Avian-Hind-Limb-Musculature.pdf?origin=publication_detail

Proornis Lim, 1993. (vide Paek et Kim, 1996)

Proornis coreae Lim, 1993. (vide Paek et Kim, 1996). [Nomen Nudum.)

 

[Fred Ruhe]

Ordo INCERTAE SEDIS
Familia Jinguofortisidae Wang, Stidham et Zhou, 2018
Genus Jinguofortis Wang, Stidham et Zhou, 2018

Jinguofortis perplexus Wang, Stidham et Zhou, 2018
Min Wang, Thomas A. Stidham & Zhonghe Zhou, 2018
A New Clade of Basal Early Cretaceous Pygostylian Birds and Developmental Plasticity of the Avian Shoulder Girdle
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

https://www.pnas.org/content/pnas/115/42/10708.full.pdf

Genus Chongmingia M. Wang, Z. Wang, Y. Wang et Zhou, 2016

Chongmingia zhengi M. Wang, Z. Wang, Y. Wang et Zhou, 2016
Min Wang, Xiaoli Wang, Yan Wang & Zhonghe Zhou, 2016
New Basal Bird from China with Implications for Morphological Diversity in Early Birds
Nature, Scientific Reports 6: 19700: 1-12

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Min_Wang32/publication/291821109_A_new_basal_bird_from_China_with_implications_for_morphological_diversity_in_early_birds/links/56a63dea08aeca0fddcb4b2e/A-new-basal-bird-from-China-with-implications-for-morphological-diversity-in-early-birds.pdf?origin=publication_detail

 

[Fred Ruhe]

Insert after Confuciusornis dui Hou L. H., Martin, Zhou, Feduccia et Zhang, 1999:

Confuciusornis shifan Wang, Hu, Zhang, Wang, Zhao, Sullivan et Zhang, 2022
Renfei Wang, Dongyu Hu, Meisheng Zhang, Shiying Wang, Qi Zhao, Corwin Sullivan & Xing Xu, 2022
A new confuciusornithid bird with a secondary epiphyseal ossification reveals phylogenetic changes in confuciusornithid flight mode
Communications Biology 5. 1398

A new confuciusornithid bird with a secondary epiphyseal ossification reveals phylogenetic changes in confuciusornithid flight mode - Communications Biology

A new species of Confuciusornis, a genus of basal birds from the Early Cretaceous, reveals that these early birds had stronger flight capability and more diverse flight modes than previously expected.

www.nature.com

 

[Fred Ruhe]

Insert after Familia Jinguofortisidae Wang, Stidham et Zhou, 2018

Genus Cratonavis Li, Wang, Stidham et Zhou, 2023

Cratonavis zhui Li, Wang, Stidham et Zhou, 2023
Zhiheng Li, Min Wang, Thomas A. Stidham & Zhonghe Zhou, 2023
Decoupling the skull and skeleton in a Cretaceous bird with unique appendicular morphologies
Nature Ecology and Evolution 1-12