Reptilia - Theropoda - Hesperornithidae
Full reference: L. A. Nessov and B. V. Prizemlin. 1991. Krupnye evolyutsionno prodvinutye neletatsshchie morskie ptitsy otryada gesperornisoobraznykh pozdnego Senona Turgayskogo proliva: pervye nakhodki gruppy v SSSR [A large advanced flightless marine bird of the order Hesperornithiformes from the late Senonian of Turgai Strait: the first discovery of the group in the USSR]. Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta Akademiy Nauk SSSR 239:85-107
Parent taxon: Hesperornithidae according to A. Bell and L. M. Chiappe 2020
See also Dyke et al. 2006, Kurochkin 2000 and Nessov and Prizemlin 1991
Sister taxa: Asiahesperornithinae, Canadaga, Hesperornis, Parahesperornis
Subtaxa: Asiahesperornis bazhanovi
Type: Asiahesperornis bazhanovi
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Kazakhstan (1 collection), the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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