Zhonghe Zhou (; 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..
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.KU Alumnus elected to National Academy of Sciences , News and Events, Univ. of Kansas Dept. of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, retrieved 22 October 2012. In 2025, he received the Future Science Prize.
Below is a list of taxa that Zhou has contributed to naming: YearTaxonAuthors2026Plumadraco bankoorum gen. et sp. nov.Clark, O'Connor, Wang, Wang, Pruett-Jones, Zhang, Wang, Zheng, & Zhou2025Chromeornis funkyi gen. et sp. nov.O'Connor, Wang, Clark, Kuo, Davila, Wang, Zheng, & Zhou2024Imparavis attenboroughi gen. et sp. nov.Wang, Clark, O'Connor, Zhang, Wang, Zheng, & Zhou2023Fujianvenator prodigiosus gen. et sp. nov.Xu, Wang, Chen, Dong, Lin, Xu, Tang, You, Zhou, Wang, He, Li, Zhang, & Zhou2023Meilifeilong youhao gen. et sp. nov.Wang, Kellner, Jiang, Chen, Costa, Cheng, Zhang, Vila Nova, Campos, Sayão, Rodrigues, Bantim, Saraiva, & Zhou2020Mengciusornis dentatus gen. et sp. nov.Wang, O'Connor, Zhou, & Zhou2019Ambopteryx longibrachium gen. et sp. nov.Wang, O'Connor, Xu, & Zhou2019Avimaia schweitzerae gen. et sp. nov.Bailleul, O'Connor, Zhang, Li, Wang, Lamanna, Zhu, & Zhou2019Shangyang graciles gen. et sp. nov.Wang & Zhou2018Jinguofortis perplexus gen. et sp. nov.Wang, Stidham, & Zhou2017Cruralispennia multidonta gen. et sp. nov.Wang, O'Connor, Pan, & Zhou2015Archaeornithura meemannae gen. et sp. nov.Wang, Zheng, O'Connor, Lloyd, Wang, Wang, Zhang, & Zhou2014Falco hezhengensis sp. nov.Li, Zhou, Deng, Li, & Clarke2014Parvavis chuxiongensis gen. et sp. nov.Wang, Zhou, & Xu2014Eopengornis martini gen. et sp. nov.Wang, O'Connor, Zheng, Wang, Hu, & Zhou2014Piscivoravis lii gen. et sp. nov.Zhou, Zhou, & O'Connor2014Hamipterus tianshanensis gen. et sp. nov.Wang, Kellner, Jiang, Wang, Ma, Paidoula, Cheng, Rodrigues, Meng, Zhang, Li, & Zhou2012Jeholornis palmapenis sp. nov.O'Connor, Sun, Xu, Wang, & Zhou2010Zhongjianornis yangi gen. et sp. nov.Zhou, Zhang, & Li2008Pengornis houi gen. et sp. nov.Zhou, Clarke, & Zhang2008Eoconfuciusornis zhengi gen. et sp. nov.Zhang, Zhou, & Benton2008Epidexipteryx hui gen. et sp. nov.Zhang, Zhou, Xu, Wang, & Sullivan2008Pengornis houi gen. et sp. nov.Zhou, Clarke, & Zhang2006Archaeorhynchus spathula gen. et sp. nov.Zhou & Zhang2005Hongshanornis longicresta gen. et sp. nov.Zhou & Zhang2005Nurhachius ignaciobritoi gen. et sp. nov.Wang, Kellner, Zhou, & Campos2005Feilongus youngi gen. et sp. nov.Wang, Kellner, Zhou, & Campos2004Sapeornis chaoyangensis gen. et sp. nov.Zhou & Zhang2003Sinopterus dongi gen. et sp. nov.Wang & Zhou2002Jeholornis prima gen. et sp. nov.Zhou & Zhang2002Jeholopterus ningchengensis gen. et sp. nov.Wang, Zhou, Zhang, & Xu2000Microraptor zhaoianus gen. et sp. nov.Xu, Zhou, & Wang
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