Confuciusornis sanctus, fossil bird from China Gallimimus one of the rarest of

one of the rarest of Cretaceous dinosaurs

3---mammoth tooth

Its discovery 66 million years after it was believed to have become extinct makes the coelacanth the best-known example of a Lazarus taxon

flat plates to small

Found in 1877 in German's Solnhofen Limestone

Confuciusornis sanctus, fossil bird from China Gallimimus one of the rarest ofConfuciusornis 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