Reconstruction of the Confuciusornis sanctus skull. A, lateral view, with the details of antorbital and temporal regions remaining uncertain. The bones originally oriented at angles to the sagittal plane and thus flattened in the specimens are shown in their original positions (projecting toward the viewer), which leaves their thickness approximate. This applies especially to the frontal processes of the premaxilla, the lacrimal part of the ethmoidolacrimal complex, and the postorbital process. B, the mandible in medial view, based primarily on SMF Av 420, with the approximate position of the splenial shown by the dotted line. Abbreviations: a, angulare; ar, articulare; d, dentale, corpus; dl, dentale, processus dorsalis lateralis (laterodorsal process); dm, dentale, processus dorsalis medialis (mediodorsal process); dv, dentale, processus ventralis lateralis (lateroventral process); e, ethmoidolacrimal complex; f, frontal; fc, caudal mandibular fenestra (foramen); fl, nasolacrimal foramen; fn, nasal foramen; fr, rostral mandibular fenestra; j, arcus jugalis (jugal bar); l, lacrimale; m, maxillare; n, nasal; oz, 眶颧复合体orbitozygomatic junction; p, parietal; pa, prearticulare; pf, premaxillare, processus frontalis; pm, premaxillare, processus maxillaris; pp, processus postorbitalis; pr, premaxillare, corpus; ps, processus suprameaticus; pz, 颧突processus zygomaticus;
q,方骨 quadratum; r, processus retroarticularis (of the mandible); s, 鳞状骨squamosal; sa, supraangulare (surangular); so, supraorbital margin; sp, spleniale; tb, temporal bar. Scale bars equal 5 mm.