Hesperornis gracilis Marsh 1876 (bird)

Aves - Hesperornithiformes - Hesperornithidae

Alternative combination: Hargeria gracilis

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 A. Bell and L. M. Chiappe 2016

See also Brodkorb 1971, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Kurochkin 2000, Lucas 1903, Marsh 1880, Martin 1984, Wetmore 1940, Wetmore 1956 and Zittel 1890

Sister taxa: Hesperornis altus, Hesperornis bairdi, Hesperornis chowi, Hesperornis crassipes, Hesperornis lumgairi, Hesperornis macdonaldi, Hesperornis mengeli, Hesperornis montanus, Hesperornis regalis, Hesperornis rossicus

Type specimen: YPM 1478, a limb element (left tarsometatarsus). Its type locality is Hesperornis gracilis type locality; Upper Cretaceous of western Kansas, which is in a Cretaceous marine horizon in Kansas.

Ecology: aquatic piscivore

Distribution: found only at Hesperornis gracilis type locality; Upper Cretaceous of western Kansas

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