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Hesperornis
Hesperornis Hes`pe*ror"nis, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? western + ?, ?,
a bird.] (Paleon.)
A genus of large, extinct, wingless birds from the Cretaceous
deposits of Kansas, belonging to the Odontornithes. They had
teeth, and were essentially carnivorous swimming ostriches.
Several species are known. See Illust. in Append.
Meaning of Hesperornis from wikipedia
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million years ago). It is the only
species of
Hesperornis for
which a
nearly complete skull is known.
Hesperornis cr****ipes was
named in 1876 by Marsh, who...
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freshwater habitats in the
Northern Hemisphere, and
include genera such as
Hesperornis, Parahesperornis, Baptornis, Enaliornis, and Potamornis, all strong-swimming...
- is a
natural group which includes the
common ancestor of Ichthyornis,
Hesperornis, and all
modern birds as well as all
other descendants of that common...
- and far between, at
least compared with its
contemporary relatives in
Hesperornis.
Remains are
known from
central North America,
namely the
former shallows...
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Domyoji Death Note — Raye Penber,
Anthony Rester Dinosaur Train — Jess the
Hesperornis,
Reggie the
Raptorex Dragon Drive —
Hikaru Himuro Dynasty Warriors: Gundam...
- birds.
Using the then
newly discovered fossils of
Archaeopteryx and
Hesperornis,
Thomas Henry Huxley pronounced that they had
evolved from dinosaurs...
- In
addition to non-crown
group primitive birds like Archaeopteryx,
Hesperornis and Confuciusornis, therefore, pan-group
birds would include all dinosaurs...
- the late Cretaceous. Strong-swimming and
toothed predatory waterbird Hesperornis roamed late
Cretacean oceans. The
ammonite Discoscaphites iris, Owl Cr****...
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noted the rare and
unique quality of
these toothed birds (including
Hesperornis,
which was
found to also have
teeth by 1877), and the
irony of their...
- Max (1
January 1935). "Colymbus,
Hesperornis, Podiceps: ein
Vergleich ihrer hinteren Extremität" [Colymbus,
Hesperornis, Podiceps: a
comparison of their...