Product Description
Our Plastic Confuciusornis Extinct Bird Replica Confuciusornis is one of our series of lively and lifelike plastic animals, or in this case, plastic birds. Also in this case, we assume it is lifelike, since no person has ever seen one. Its shape and details will be enjoyed as part of a school project, diorama, plastic animal collection, or gift. Our plastic extinct bird measures 3 inches from its beak to the end of its long split tail-feathers.
Confuciusornis is a genus of primitive crow-sized birds from the Early Cretaceous Yixian and Jiufotang Formations of China, dating from 125 to 120 million years ago. Like modern birds, Confuciusornis had a toothless beak, but close relatives of modern birds such as Hesperornis and Ichthyornis were toothed, indicating that the loss of teeth occurred convergently in Confuciusornis and living birds. It is the oldest known bird to have a beak. It was named after the Chinese moral philosopher Confucius (551–479 BC). Confuciusornis is one of the most abundant vertebrates found in the Yixian Formation, and several hundred complete, articulated specimens have been found.
