Confuciusornis was a herbivore. It lived in the Cretaceous period and inhabited Asia. Its fossils have been found in places such as Hebei (China), Inner Mongolia (China) and Liaoning (China).
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Confuciusornis was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- X. Xu and X.-L. Wang. 1999. A dromaeosaurid dinosaur with a filamentous integument from the Yixian Formation of China. Nature 401:262-266
- L. Li and J.-q. Wang. 2010. [A new species of Confuciusornis from Lower Cretaceous of Jianchung, Liaoning, China]. Global Geology 29(2):183-187
- L.-h. Hou and Z. Zhou. 1995. A beaked bird from the Jurassic of China. Nature 377:616-618
