Zhonghe Zhou
Chinese paleontologist (born 1965)
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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] |
| 2002 | Sapeornis chaoyangensis gen. et sp. nov. | Zhou & Zhang[28] |
| 2000 | Microraptor zhaoianus gen. et sp. nov. | Xu, Zhou, & Wang[29] |