Zhou Zhonghe

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. 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, & Zhou 2025Chromeornis funkyi gen. et sp. nov.O'Connor, Wang, Clark, Kuo, Davila, Wang, Zheng, & Zhou 2024Imparavis attenboroughi gen. et sp. nov.Wang, Clark, O'Connor, Zhang, Wang, Zheng, & Zhou 2023Fujianvenator prodigiosus gen. et sp. nov.Xu, Wang, Chen, Dong, Lin, Xu, Tang, You, Zhou, Wang, He, Li, Zhang, & Zhou 2020Mengciusornis dentatus gen. et sp. nov.Wang, O'Connor, Zhou, & Zhou 2019Ambopteryx longibrachium gen. et sp. nov.Wang, O'Connor, Xu, & Zhou 2019Avimaia schweitzerae gen. et sp. nov.Bailleul, O'Connor, Zhang, Li, Wang, Lamanna, Zhu, & Zhou 2019Shangyang graciles gen. et sp. nov.Wang & Zhou 2018Jinguofortis perplexus gen. et sp. nov.Wang, Stidham, & Zhou 2017Cruralispennia multidonta gen. et sp. nov.Wang, O'Connor, Pan, & Zhou 2015Archaeornithura meemannae gen. et sp. nov.Wang, Zheng, O'Connor, Lloyd, Wang, Wang, Zhang, & Zhou 2014Falco hezhengensis sp. nov.Li, Zhou, Deng, Li, & Clarke 2014Parvavis chuxiongensis gen. et sp. nov.Wang, Zhou, & Xu 2014Eopengornis martini gen. et sp. nov.Wang, O'Connor, Zheng, Wang, Hu, & Zhou 2014Piscivoravis lii gen. et sp. nov.Zhou, Zhou, & O'Connor 2012Jeholornis palmapenis sp. nov.O'Connor, Sun, Xu, Wang, & Zhou 2010Zhongjianornis yangi gen. et sp. nov.Zhou, Zhang, & Li 2008Pengornis houi gen. et sp. nov.Zhou, Clarke, & Zhang 2008Eoconfuciusornis zhengi gen. et sp. nov.Zhang, Zhou, & Benton 2008Epidexipteryx hui gen. et sp. nov.Zhang, Zhou, Xu, Wang, & Sullivan 2008Pengornis houi gen. et sp. nov.Zhou, Clarke, & Zhang 2006Archaeorhynchus spathula gen. et sp. nov.Zhou & Zhang 2005Hongshanornis longicresta gen. et sp. nov.Zhou & Zhang 2005Nurhachius ignaciobritoi gen. et sp. nov.Wang, Kellner, Zhou, & Campos 2005Feilongus youngi gen. et sp. nov.Wang, Kellner, Zhou, & Campos 2002Jeholornis prima gen. et sp. nov.Zhou & Zhang 2002Jeholopterus ningchengensis gen. et sp. nov.Wang, Zhou, Zhang, & Xu 2000Microraptor zhaoianus gen. et sp. nov.Xu, Zhou, & Wang