Hesperornis

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Hesperornis
Fossil range: Late Cretaceous
Hesperornis regalis skeleton at the NMNH
Hesperornis regalis skeleton at the NMNH
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Hesperornithiformes
Family: Hesperornithidae
Genus: Hesperornis
Marsh, 1872
Species
  • H. regalis†(type species)
  • H. chowi
  • H. crassipes
  • H. macdonaldi
  • H. mengeli
  • H. rossicus
  • H. bairdi

'Hesperornis' is an extinct genus of bird that lived between 89 Mya and 65 Mya during the Coniacian through Maastrichtian Stages of the Late Cretaceous.

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