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The 15 pages that link to Confuciusornis, each with the reason it gives.

• BirdBroader topic: Its fossils reveal early experimentation with beak evolution among birds.

• ArchaeopteryxCompared with: This later bird had a beak without teeth, unlike Archaeopteryx’s toothed jaws.

• DinosauriaBroader topic: It records an early diversification of birds within the dinosaur lineage.

• BeakBroader topic: It provides early evidence of toothless beaks in bird evolution.

• AvialaeBroader topic: Its beak and varied plumage document changes among early members of the bird lineage.

• Jehol BiotaBroader topic: Its abundant Jehol fossils document early bird anatomy and variation.

• AvesBroader topic: It shows that early bird lineages diversified beyond Archaeopteryx-like forms.

• MicroraptorRelated: It lived in the same broad region and period as Microraptor, among diverse feathered vertebrates.

• AnchiornisRelated: It supplies a younger bird comparison from the same fossil-rich region.

• Yixian FormationBroader topic: Its abundant Yixian fossils document early bird anatomy and variation.

• Origin of birdsBroader topic: It records substantial beak evolution soon after the Jurassic origin of birds.

• PaleohistologyBroader topic: Its bone tissue has been studied to investigate growth and flight-related biology.

• EomaiaRelated: Its fossils share the Jehol region and geological interval with Eomaia.

• NeornithesCompared with: It shows that prominent early birds could lie outside Neornithes.

• EnantiornithesCompared with: It offers a contemporary comparison with a bird lineage that lacked teeth.