Zhou Zhonghe

Zhou Zhonghe ( Chinese  = 周忠 和 , Pinyin Zhōu Zhōnghé ; born January 19, 1965 in Jiangdu , Jiangsu Province ) is a Chinese paleontologist . He is one of the first to describe the fossil remains of the primeval bird Confuciusornis .

Zhou graduated from Nanjing University and then worked at the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing .

Zhou emerged from research on the bird world of the Mesozoic ( Mesozoic Era) in China . He is a leading expert on the early evolution of birds .

In 2010 he was elected to the National Academy of Sciences .

Web links

• Photo ( Memento of October 5, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) - Chinese

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.nju.org.cn/viewMagazineArticle.do?id=1468&articleurl=magazineArticleList.do%3Fquarterid%3D42%24boardid%3D28%24magazineName%3D2006%E7%92%BA%EE%88%9E%E5 % BC% B0% E9% 8A% 89% E3% 83% AE% E5% 8A% 80% E9% 96% B8% 3F% 3F% 20% 3E% 3E% 20% E9% 8F% 8D% E2% 80 % B3% E5% BC% B8% E6% A4% 8B% E5% BA% A8% E5% 99% B0 (link not available)

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Chinese. Zhou is the family name here, Zhonghe is the first name.