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Zhou, Z. and J. Farlow. 2001. Flight capability and habits of Confuciusornis in Jacques Gauthier and Lawrence F. Gall, editors. New perspectives on the origin and early evolution of birds: proceedings of the international symposium in honor of John H. Ostrom; 1999 Feb 12-14; New Haven, CT. New Haven: Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale Univ. 237-254.
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Zhou, Z. and F. Zhang. 2001. Origin of feathers-perspectives from fossil evidence. Science Progress. 84(2): 87-104.
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Zhou, Z. and Zhang F. 2001. Two new ornithurine birds from the Early Cretaceous of western Liaoning, China. Chinese Science Bulletin. 46(15): 1258-1264.
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Zhou, Z. 2002. A new and primitive enantiornithine bird from the Early Cretaceous of China. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 22 (1): 49-57.
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Zhou, Z. and F. Zhang. 2002. Largest bird from the Early Cretaceous and its implications for the earliest avian ecological diversification. Naturwissenschaften. 89: 34-38.
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Zhou. Z. and L. Hou, 2002.The findings and study of Mesozoic birds in China.In: Chiappe L.and L.Witmer(eds.) Mesozoic birds above the head of dinosaurs. California University Press. Pp. 160-183.
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Zhou, Z. and F. Zhang. 2002. A long-tailed, seed-eating bird from the Early Cretaceous of China. Nature. 418: 405-409.
Zhou. Z., J. Clarke and F. Zhang. 2002. Archaeoraptor’s better half. Nature. 420: 285.
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Zhou, Z. and Zhang, F. (eds.). 2002. Proceedings of the 5th Symposium of the Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution, Beijing, 1-4 June 2000. Beijing: Science Press. 311 pp.
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Zhou, Z. and F. Zhang. 2003. Jeholornis compared to Archaeopteryx, with a new understanding of the earliest avian evolution. Naturwissenschaften. 90: 220-225.
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Zhou, Z. and F. Zhang. 2003. Anatomy of the primitive bird Sapeornis chaoyangensis from the Early Cretaceous of Liaoning, China. Canadian Journal of Earth Science. 40(5): 731-747.
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Zhou, Z., P. M. Barrett and J. Hilton. 2003. An exceptionally preserved Lower Cretaceous ecosystem. Nature. 421: 807-814.
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Zhou, Z. 2004. Vertebrate radiations of the Jehol Biota and their environmental background. Chinese Science Bulletin. 49: 754-756.
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Zhou Z. 2004. The origin and early evolution of birds: Discoveries, disputes, and perspectives from fossil evidence. Naturwissenschaften. 91: 455–471.
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Zhou Z. and F. Zhang. 2004. A precocial avian embryo from the Lower Cretaceous of China. Science. 306: 653.
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Zhou Z., J. Clarke, F. Zhang and O. Wings. 2004. Gastroliths in Yanornis - An indication of the earliest radical diet switching and gizzard plasticity in the lineage leading to living birds? Naturwissenschaften. 91: 571-574.
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Zhou, Z., Luo, Y., Dong, Y., Yuan, X. and X. Gao. 2005. On some scientific issues in the study of Earth environment and life evolution in China. Chinese Science Bulletin. 50(2): 195-200. (in Chinese).