Reptilia - Hesperornithiformes

Synonym: Pelagornis Seeley 1866 [replaced name]

Parent taxon: Hesperornithiformes according to A. Bell and L. M. Chiappe 2016

See also Brodkorb 1963, Brodkorb 1971, Carroll 1988, Elzanowski and Galton 1991, Lambrecht 1933, Martin and Tate 1976, O'Connor et al. 2014, O'Connor and Zelenkov 2013, Padian 2004, Seeley 1876, Sepkoski 2002, Wang and Liu 2015, Wang et al. 2014, Wetmore 1960 and Zittel 1890

Sister taxa: Baptornithidae, Brodavidae, Chupkaornis, Enaliornithidae, Fumicollis, Hesperornithidae, Pasquiaornis, Potamornis

Subtaxa: Enaliornis barretti Enaliornis sedgwicki Enaliornis seeleyi Enaliornis segdwicki

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Type: Pelagornis barretti

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Coldham Common (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)

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