Confuciusornis sanctus #210 Gallimimus

Confuciusornis sanctus #210 GallimimusConfuciusornis sanctus ("the sacred bird of Confucius") is the earliest known beaked bird. Discovered in 1994, Confuciusornis represents an important side branch in avian evolution. Though Confuciusornis and its descendants all became extinct, it is the earliest known bird to abandon its reptilian teeth in favor of a light weight keratin beak. Remains of Confuciusornis are found at an Early Cretacaeous fossil site known as Sihetun in the Liaoning

The fossil consists of most of the face and mandible with teeth and

which were early primates that are only found in the fossil record

The first dinosaur eggs were discovered in southern France in 1859

The holotype specimen

Peracardia

This specimen has 3 teeth in matrix

(MODEL AND PLUSH NOT INCLUDED)

herbivorous dinosaurs

It belongs to a sub-genus of Araucaria called Bunya

This area was a river valley during the late Triassic period but is a dry

Ples is STS 5

and rounded back of the skull