Reptilia - Hesperornithiformes

Full reference: T. T. Tokaryk, S. L. Cumbaa, and J. E. Storer. 1997. Early Late Cretaceous birds from Saskatchewan, Canada: the oldest diverse avifauna known from North America. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 17(1):172-176

Belongs to Pasquiaornis according to T. T. Tokaryk et al. 1997

See also Padian 2004

Sister taxon: Pasquiaornis hardiei

Type specimen: SMNH P2077.63, a limb element (left tarsometatarsus missing 3rd trochlea and distal end of 2nd trochlea). Its type locality is Carrot River Bonebed, which is in a Cenomanian marginal marine conglomerate/claystone in the Belle Fourche Formation of Canada.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Carrot River Bonebed

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