Reptilia - Hesperornithiformes - Hesperornithidae
Full reference: L. D. Martin and J.-D. Lim. 2002. New information on the hesperornithiform radiation. Proceedings of the 5th Symposium of the Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution, Beijing, 1–4 June 2000 165-174
Belongs to Hesperornis according to A. Bell and L. M. Chiappe 2016
See also Martin and Lim 2002
Sister taxa: Hesperornis altus, Hesperornis bairdi, Hesperornis chowi, Hesperornis crassipes, Hesperornis gracilis, Hesperornis lumgairi, Hesperornis macdonaldi, Hesperornis montanus, Hesperornis regalis, Hesperornis rossicus
Type specimen: CFDC B.78.01.08, a set of limb elements (right tarsometatarsus). Its type locality is Morden, CFDC site 8, which is in a Campanian marine shale/ash in the Pierre Shale Formation of Canada.
Ecology: aquatic piscivore
Distribution: found only at Morden, CFDC site 8
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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