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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...
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colleagues in 2022 as "the
smallest clade containing Ichthyornis dispar,
Hesperornis regalis, and
Vultur gryphus".
Ernst Haeckel coined the name in 1866 and...
- 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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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...
- pleurodonts). It is
known from
several aquatic amniotes: ichthyosaurs,
Hesperornis, Ichthyornis,
juvenile caimans, some
cetaceans and even some ctenochasmatoid...
- In
addition to non-crown
group primitive birds like Archaeopteryx,
Hesperornis and Confuciusornis, therefore, pan-group
birds would include all dinosaurs...
- birds.
Using the then
newly discovered fossils of
Archaeopteryx and
Hesperornis,
Thomas Henry Huxley pronounced that they had
evolved from dinosaurs...
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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...
- Max (1
January 1935). "Colymbus,
Hesperornis, Podiceps: ein
Vergleich ihrer hinteren Extremität" [Colymbus,
Hesperornis, Podiceps: a
comparison of their...