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China’s Feathered Dinosaurs
Confuciusornis
(Con-few-shus-OR-nis = “Confucius bird”)
120 to 150 million years before present
Yixian Formation
Sihetun, Liaoning Province, China
National Geological Museum of China
CLOSE WINDOW
it might have lived in large colonies on the shores of this ancient Chinese lake. This flying dinosaur reveals
several anatomical peculiarities, including flight feathers that are longer than its body, indicating that it had already
diverged from the direct line leading to birds.