Confuciusornis sanctus #210 Gallimimus (MODEL AND PLUSH NOT INCLUDED)

(MODEL AND PLUSH NOT INCLUDED)

This specimen has 3 teeth in matrix

The holotype specimen

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

and rounded back of the skull

Confuciusornis sanctus #210 Gallimimus (MODEL AND PLUSH NOT INCLUDED)Confuciusornis 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