Aves - Hesperornithiformes - 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 E. N. Kurochkin 2000
See also Nessov and Prizemlin 1991
Sister taxa: Asiahesperornis, Canadaga, Hesperornis, Parahesperornis
Subtaxa: none
Type: Asiahesperornis
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Asiahesperornithinae in the database