Aves - Hesperornithiformes - Baptornithidae
Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1877. Characters of the Odontornithes, with notice of a new allied genus. American Journal of Science and Arts 14:85-88
Belongs to Baptornis according to A. Bell and L. M. Chiappe 2016
See also Brodkorb 1971, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Lambrecht 1933, Lucas 1903, Marsh 1877, Marsh 1880, Martin and Tate 1976, O'Connor et al. 2014, O'Connor and Zelenkov 2013, Shufeldt 1915, Wang et al. 2014, Wetmore 1940, Wetmore 1956 and Zittel 1890
Sister taxon: Parascaniornis stensioei
Type specimen: YPM 1465, a limb element (distal end of right tarsometatarsus). Its type locality is Baptornis advenus type locality, which is in a Coniacian offshore chalk in the Niobrara Formation of Kansas.
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (2: Kansas collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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