学名:Confuciusornis suniae Hou, 1997
时代:晚侏罗世义县组下部
产地:中国辽宁省北票市上园镇四合屯
学名来源:种名赠给提供化石研究的梁士宽先生已故夫人。
保存状况:完整个体。
基本特征:这一与圣贤孔子鸟产于同一地点的原始鸟类,与圣贤孔子鸟不同的主要特征有:前上颌吻端具有一特殊的豁口,前上颌骨鼻突长,额骨短,顶骨发育。最后三个腰椎突愈合,荐椎横突与髂骨内壁贴连,荐椎神经棘相联合。尾椎已基本愈合等。另外,孙氏孔子鸟的形态特征有许多比较进步的方面。
age: Lower part of Yixian Formation, Late Jurassic
locality: Sihetun, Shangyuan, Beipiao City, Liaoning Province, China
etymology: Species name after the late wife of Mr.Shikuan Liang who donated the specimen for scientific research.
preservation: A complete individual.
diagnosis: A primitive bird from the sanme locality of Confuciusornis sanctus. Different from C.sanctus by: a special fenestra at the anterior premaxilla, nasal process of premaxilla long, frontal short, parietal well-developed, last three lumbar vertebrae fused, transverse processes of sacrals in contact with inner wall of ilium, nevral spine of sacrals fused, caudals fused. More advanced than C.anctus.