Aves - Hesperornithiformes - Hesperornithidae
Alternative combination: Lestornis crassipes
Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1876. Notice of new Odontornithes. American Journal of Science, series 3 11(66):509-511
Belongs to Hesperornis according to L. D. Martin 1984
See also Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Kurochkin 2000, Marsh 1880, Wetmore 1940, Wetmore 1956 and Zittel 1890
Sister taxa: Hesperornis altus, Hesperornis bairdi, Hesperornis chowi, Hesperornis gracilis, Hesperornis lumgairi, Hesperornis macdonaldi, Hesperornis mengeli, Hesperornis montanus, Hesperornis regalis, Hesperornis rossicus
Type specimen: YPM 1474, a partial skeleton
Ecology: aquatic piscivore
Distribution: found only at Lestornis crassipes type locality; Upper Cretaceous of western Kansas (Cretaceous of Kansas)
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