Zhonghe Zhou

Zhonghe Zhou (Chinese: 周忠和; born 19 January 1965 in Jiangdu, Jiangsu province) is a Chinese palaeontologist. He is best known for his study of the early evolution of birds. He described the ancient bird Confuciusornis.[1]

Zhonghe graduated from Nanjing University and earned a Ph.D. in Biology in 1999 from the University of Kansas. He is the director of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing, and in 2010 was elected to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences.[2] In 2025, he received the Future Science Prize.[3]

Below is a list of taxa that Zhou has contributed to naming:

Year Taxon Authors
2026 Plumadraco bankoorum gen. et sp. nov. Clark, O'Connor, Wang, Wang, Pruett-Jones, Zhang, Wang, Zheng, & Zhou[4]
2025 Chromeornis funkyi gen. et sp. nov. O'Connor, Wang, Clark, Kuo, Davila, Wang, Zheng, & Zhou[5]
2024 Imparavis attenboroughi gen. et sp. nov. Wang, Clark, O'Connor, Zhang, Wang, Zheng, & Zhou[6]
2023 Fujianvenator prodigiosus gen. et sp. nov. Xu, Wang, Chen, Dong, Lin, Xu, Tang, You, Zhou, Wang, He, Li, Zhang, & Zhou[7]
2020 Mengciusornis dentatus gen. et sp. nov. Wang, O'Connor, Zhou, & Zhou[8]
2019 Ambopteryx longibrachium gen. et sp. nov. Wang, O'Connor, Xu, & Zhou[9]
2019 Avimaia schweitzerae gen. et sp. nov. Bailleul, O'Connor, Zhang, Li, Wang, Lamanna, Zhu, & Zhou[10]
2019 Shangyang graciles gen. et sp. nov. Wang & Zhou[11]
2018 Jinguofortis perplexus gen. et sp. nov. Wang, Stidham, & Zhou[12]
2017 Cruralispennia multidonta gen. et sp. nov. Wang, O'Connor, Pan, & Zhou[13]
2015 Archaeornithura meemannae gen. et sp. nov. Wang, Zheng, O'Connor, Lloyd, Wang, Wang, Zhang, & Zhou[14]
2014 Falco hezhengensis sp. nov. Li, Zhou, Deng, Li, & Clarke[15]
2014 Parvavis chuxiongensis gen. et sp. nov. Wang, Zhou, & Xu[16]
2014 Eopengornis martini gen. et sp. nov. Wang, O'Connor, Zheng, Wang, Hu, & Zhou[17]
2014 Piscivoravis lii gen. et sp. nov. Zhou, Zhou, & O'Connor[18]
2012 Jeholornis palmapenis sp. nov. O'Connor, Sun, Xu, Wang, & Zhou[19]
2010 Zhongjianornis yangi gen. et sp. nov. Zhou, Zhang, & Li[20]
2008 Pengornis houi gen. et sp. nov. Zhou, Clarke, & Zhang[21]
2008 Eoconfuciusornis zhengi gen. et sp. nov. Zhang, Zhou, & Benton[22]
2008 Epidexipteryx hui gen. et sp. nov. Zhang, Zhou, Xu, Wang, & Sullivan[23]
2008 Pengornis houi gen. et sp. nov. Zhou, Clarke, & Zhang[24]
2006 Archaeorhynchus spathula gen. et sp. nov. Zhou & Zhang[25]
2005 Hongshanornis longicresta gen. et sp. nov. Zhou & Zhang[26]
2005 Nurhachius ignaciobritoi gen. et sp. nov. Wang, Kellner, Zhou, & Campos[27]
2005 Feilongus youngi gen. et sp. nov. Wang, Kellner, Zhou, & Campos[27]
2004 Sapeornis chaoyangensis gen. et sp. nov. Zhou & Zhang[28]
Jeholornis prima gen. et sp. nov. Zhou & Zhang[29]
2000 Microraptor zhaoianus gen. et sp. nov. Xu, Zhou, & Wang[30]

References

  1. ↑ Stokstad, Erik (12 January 2001), "Exquisite Chinese Fossils Add New Pages to Book of Life", Science, 291 (5502): 232–236, doi:10.1126/science.291.5502.232, PMID 11253830, S2CID 19053673.
  2. ↑ KU Alumnus elected to National Academy of Sciences Archived 11 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine, News and Events, Univ. of Kansas Dept. of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, retrieved 22 October 2012.
  3. ↑ 刘明. "Seven researchers win 2025 Future Science Prizes". global.chinadaily.com.cn. Retrieved 15 September 2025.
  4. ↑ Clark, Alexander D.; O'Connor, Jingmai Kathleen; Wang, Xiaoli; Wang, Yan; Pruett-Jones, Stephen; Zhang, Xiangyu; Wang, Xing; Zheng, Xiaoting; Zhou, Zhonghe (27 May 2026). Liu, Jun (ed.). "Hyperelongate ornamental tail feathers in a new early Cretaceous enantiornithine bird". PLOS ONE. 21 (5) e0347641. Bibcode:2026PLoSO..2147641C. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0347641. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 13215521. PMID 42201895.
  5. ↑ O'Connor, Jingmai Kathleen; Wang, Xiaoli; Clark, Alexander; Kuo, Pei-Chen; Davila, Ryan; Wang, Yan; Zheng, Xiaoting; Zhou, Zhonghe (5 December 2025). "A new small-bodied longipterygid (Aves: Enantiornithes) from the Aptian Jiufotang Formation preserving unusual gastroliths". Palaeontologia Electronica. doi:10.26879/1589. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
  6. ↑ Wang, Xiaoli; Clark, Alexander D.; O'Connor, Jingmai Kathleen; Zhang, Xiangyu; Wang, Xing; Zheng, Xiaoting; Zhou, Zhonghe (July 2024). "First Edentulous Enantiornithine (Aves: Ornithothoraces) from the Lower Cretaceous Jehol Avifauna". Cretaceous Research. 159 105867. Bibcode:2024CrRes.15905867W. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2024.105867. Retrieved 12 February 2025 – via Elsevier Science Direct.
  7. ↑ Xu, Liming; Wang, Min; Chen, Runsheng; Dong, Liping; Lin, Min; Xu, Xing; Tang, Jianrong; You, Hailu; Zhou, Guowu; Wang, Linchang; He, Wenxing; Li, Yujuan; Zhang, Chi; Zhou, Zhonghe (6 September 2023). "A new avialan theropod from an emerging Jurassic terrestrial fauna". Nature. 621 (7978): 336–343. Bibcode:2023Natur.621..336X. doi:10.1038/s41586-023-06513-7. ISSN 1476-4687. PMID 37674081. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
  8. ↑ Wang, Min; O'Connor, Jingmai Kathleen; Zhou, Shuang; Zhou, Zhonghe (17 April 2020). "New toothed Early Cretaceous ornithuromorph bird reveals intraclade diversity in pattern of tooth loss". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 18 (8): 631–645. Bibcode:2020JSPal..18..631W. doi:10.1080/14772019.2019.1682696. ISSN 1477-2019. Retrieved 19 February 2025 – via Taylor and Francis Online.
  9. ↑ Wang, Min; O'Connor, Jingmai Kathleen; Xu, Xing; Zhou, Zhonghe (8 May 2019). "A new Jurassic scansoriopterygid and the loss of membranous wings in theropod dinosaurs". Nature. 569 (7755): 256–259. Bibcode:2019Natur.569..256W. doi:10.1038/s41586-019-1137-z. ISSN 1476-4687. PMID 31068719. Retrieved 17 February 2025 – via Nature Publishing Group.
  10. ↑ Bailleul, Alida M.; O'Connor, Jingmai Kathleen; Zhang, Shukang; Li, Zhiheng; Wang, Qiang; Lamanna, Matthew C.; Zhu, Xufeng; Zhou, Zhonghe (20 March 2019). "An Early Cretaceous enantiornithine (Aves) preserving an unlaid egg and probable medullary bone". Nature Communications. 10 (1): 1275. Bibcode:2019NatCo..10.1275B. doi:10.1038/s41467-019-09259-x. ISSN 2041-1723. PMC 6426974. PMID 30894527. Retrieved 27 April 2026 – via ResearchGate.
  11. ↑ Wang, Min; Zhou, Zhonghe (3 August 2019). "A new enantiornithine (Aves: Ornithothoraces) with completely fused premaxillae from the Early Cretaceous of China". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 17 (15): 1299–1312. Bibcode:2019JSPal..17.1299W. doi:10.1080/14772019.2018.1527403. ISSN 1477-2019. Retrieved 24 February 2025 – via Taylor and Francis Online.
  12. ↑ Wang, Min; Stidham, Thomas A.; Zhou, Zhonghe (16 October 2018). "A new clade of basal Early Cretaceous pygostylian birds and developmental plasticity of the avian shoulder girdle". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 115 (42): 10708–10713. Bibcode:2018PNAS..11510708W. doi:10.1073/pnas.1812176115. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 6196491. PMID 30249638.
  13. ↑ Wang, Min; O'Connor, Jingmai Kathleen; Pan, Yanhong; Zhou, Zhonghe (31 January 2017). "A bizarre Early Cretaceous enantiornithine bird with unique crural feathers and an ornithuromorph plough-shaped pygostyle". Nature Communications. 8 (1) 14141. Bibcode:2017NatCo...814141W. doi:10.1038/ncomms14141. ISSN 2041-1723. PMC 5290326. PMID 28139644. Retrieved 30 April 2026 – via ResearchGate.
  14. ↑ Wang, Min; Zheng, Xiaoting; O'Connor, Jingmai Kathleen; Lloyd, Graeme T.; Wang, Xiaoli; Wang, Yan; Zhang, Xiaomei; Zhou, Zhonghe (5 May 2015). "The oldest record of ornithuromorpha from the early cretaceous of China". Nature Communications. 6 (1): 6987. Bibcode:2015NatCo...6.6987W. doi:10.1038/ncomms7987. ISSN 2041-1723. PMC 5426517. PMID 25942493.
  15. ↑ Li, Zhiheng; Zhou, Zhonghe; Deng, Tao; Li, Qiang; Clarke, Julia Allison (4 June 2014). "A falconid from the Late Miocene of northwestern China yields further evidence of transition in Late Neogene steppe communities". The Auk. 131 (3): 335–350. doi:10.1642/AUK-13-245.1. hdl:2152/43279. S2CID 84508616.
  16. ↑ Wang, Min; Zhou, Zhonghe; Xu, Guanghui (7 January 2014). "The first enantiornithine bird from the Upper Cretaceous of China". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 34 (1): 135–145. Bibcode:2014JVPal..34..135W. doi:10.1080/02724634.2013.794814. ISSN 0272-4634. Retrieved 24 February 2025 – via Taylor and Francis Online.
  17. ↑ Wang, Xiaoli; O'Connor, Jingmai Kathleen; Zheng, Xiaoting; Wang, Min; Hu, Han; Zhou, Zhonghe (18 October 2014). "Insights into the evolution of rachis dominated tail feathers from a new basal enantiornithine (Aves: Ornithothoraces): Eopengornis". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 113 (3): 805–819. Bibcode:2014BJLS..113..805W. doi:10.1111/bij.12313. Retrieved 16 February 2025 – via Oxford Academic.
  18. ↑ Zhou, Shuang; Zhou, Zhonghe; O'Connor, Jingmai Kathleen (3 September 2014). "A new piscivorous ornithuromorph from the Jehol Biota". Historical Biology. 26 (5): 608–618. Bibcode:2014HBio...26..608Z. doi:10.1080/08912963.2013.819504. ISSN 0891-2963. Retrieved 13 June 2026 – via Taylor and Francis Online.
  19. ↑ O'Connor, Jingmai Kathleen; Sun, Chengkai; Xu, Xing; Wang, Xiaolin; Zhou, Zhonghe (February 2012). "A new species of Jeholornis with complete caudal integument". Historical Biology. 24 (1): 29–41. Bibcode:2012HBio...24...29O. doi:10.1080/08912963.2011.552720. ISSN 0891-2963. Retrieved 16 February 2025 – via Taylor and Francis Online.
  20. ↑ Zhou, Zhonghe; Zhang, Fucheng; Li, Zhiheng (22 January 2010). "A new Lower Cretaceous bird from China and tooth reduction in early avian evolution". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 277 (1679): 219–227. Bibcode:2010PBioS.277..219Z. doi:10.1098/rspb.2009.0885. ISSN 0962-8452. PMC 2842673. PMID 19586952.
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  22. ↑ Zhang, Fucheng; Zhou, Zhonghe; Benton, Michael James (30 September 2008). "A primitive confuciusornithid bird from China and its implications for early avian flight". Science in China Series D: Earth Sciences. 51 (5): 625–639. Bibcode:2008ScChD..51..625Z. doi:10.1007/s11430-008-0050-3. ISSN 1006-9313. Retrieved 30 March 2026 – via Springer Nature Link.
  23. ↑ Zhang, Fucheng; Zhou, Zhonghe; Xu, Xing; Wang, Xiaolin; Sullivan, Corwin (23 October 2008). "A bizarre Jurassic maniraptoran from China with elongate ribbon-like feathers". Nature. 455 (7216): 1105–1108. Bibcode:2008Natur.455.1105Z. doi:10.1038/nature07447. ISSN 0028-0836. PMID 18948955. Retrieved 13 June 2026 – via Nature Publishing Group.
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  25. ↑ Zhou, Zhonghe; Zhang, Fucheng (4 July 2006). "A beaked basal ornithurine bird (Aves, Ornithurae) from the Lower Cretaceous of China". Zoologica Scripta. 35 (4): 363–373. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2006.00234.x. ISSN 0300-3256. Retrieved 16 March 2025 – via Wiley Online Library.
  26. ↑ Zhou, Zhonghe; Zhang, Fucheng (27 December 2005). "Discovery of an ornithurine bird and its implication for Early Cretaceous avian radiation". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 102 (52): 18998–19002. doi:10.1073/pnas.0507106102. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 1323170. PMID 16344487.
  27. 1 2 Wang, Xiaolin; Kellner, Alexander W. A.; Zhou, Zhonghe; Campos, Diogenes de Almeida (6 October 2005). "Pterosaur diversity and faunal turnover in Cretaceous terrestrial ecosystems in China". Nature. 437 (7060): 875–879. Bibcode:2005Natur.437..875W. doi:10.1038/nature03982. ISSN 0028-0836. PMID 16208369. Retrieved 13 June 2026 – via Nature Publishing Group.
  28. ↑ Zhou, Zhonghe; Zhang, Fucheng (19 February 2004). "Largest bird from the Early Cretaceous and its implications for the earliest avian ecological diversification". Naturwissenschaften. 89 (1): 34–38. doi:10.1007/s00114-001-0276-9. ISSN 0028-1042. PMID 12008971. Retrieved 13 June 2026 – via Springer Nature Link.
  29. ↑ Zhou, Zhonghe; Zhang, Fucheng (25 July 2002). "A long-tailed, seed-eating bird from the Early Cretaceous of China". Nature. 418 (6896): 405–409. doi:10.1038/nature00930. ISSN 0028-0836. Retrieved 31 August 2026 – via Nature Publishing Group.
  30. ↑ Xu, Xing; Zhou, Zhonghe; Wang, Xiaolin (7 December 2000). "The smallest known non-avian theropod dinosaur". Nature. 408 (6813): 705–708. Bibcode:2000Natur.408..705X. doi:10.1038/35047056. ISSN 0028-0836. PMID 11130069. Retrieved 11 September 2025 – via Nature Publishing Group.
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