Zhonghe Zhou

Zhonghe Zhou (Chinese: 周忠和; born 19 January 1965 in Jiangdu, Jiangsu province) is a Chinese palaeontologist. He described the ancient bird Confuciusornis.

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.

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

Year Taxon Authors
2024 Imparavis attenboroughi gen. et sp. nov. Wang, Clark, O'Connor, Zhang, Wang, Zheng, & Zhou
2023 Fujianvenator prodigiosus gen. et sp. nov. Xu, Wang, Chen, Dong, Lin, Xu, Tang, You, Zhou, Wang, He, Li, Zhang, & Zhou
2019 Shangyang graciles gen. et sp. nov. Wang & Zhou
2018 Jinguofortis perplexus gen. et sp. nov. Wang, Stidham, & Zhou
2014 Parvavis chuxiongensis gen. et sp. nov. Wang, Zhou, & Xu
2010 Zhongjianornis yangi gen. et sp. nov. Zhou, Zhang, & Li
2008 Pengornis houi gen. et sp. nov. Zhou, Clarke, & Zhang
2006 Archaeorhynchus spathula gen. et sp. nov. Zhou & Zhang
2005 Hongshanornis longicresta gen. et sp. nov. Zhou & Zhang
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