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The Size of Birds



In the course of my studies, I have found that very little information is 
available on the
lesser-known Mesozoic birds.  I am doing a project concerning the avialans 
("avialaeans"?  That one
wasn't in HP Keesey's list :)
and have found that, except for a few famous members, there is almost NO 
information available
about any of those stupid birds.  For many of those species, I could not even 
find their size.
Since relative size will be important for my project, I ask this to the 
listserve:
About how large these species were ?
"Archaeoraptor " (the bird part)
Jibeinia luanhera
Changchengornis hengdaoziensis
Confuciusornis sanctus
    C. chuonzhous
    C. dui
    C. sp.
    C. suniae (if different from type species)
Noguerornis gonzalezi
Otogornis genghisi
Platanavis nana
Gansus yumensis
Liaoningornis longiditrus

Of course, if anyone has any other interesting information (or pictures!) to 
add about those birds,
I would love to hear it.

Dan