Genera

Hesperornis

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“western bird”

CLASSIFICATION

Hesperornis
Marsh, 1872TYPE SPECIES:
H. regalis Marsh, 1872 “regal western bird”

OTHER SPECIES:
H. crassipes Marsh, 1872
H. rossica

MISASSIGNED SPECIES:
H. gracilis = Parahesperornis gracilis

Animalia Vertebrata Tetrapoda Sauropsida Archosauromorpha Ornithodira Dinosauria Sauropodomorpha

see also: Genu s Index, Classification

MEASUREMENTS

LENGTH: 11 m (subadult)

see also: World Records

TIME

early Campanian

see also: Ages of the Mesozoic

PLACE

see also: Paleo-Maps

IMAGES

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BRENDAN SMITH
Photography

the skeleton of marine toothed bird Hesperornis regalis

MARCO AUDITORE
Ink

Loon-like toothed bird Hesperornis regalis swims through the Cretaceous sea.