†Pasquiaornis Tokaryk et al. 1997 (bird)
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Full reference: T. T. Tokaryk, S. L. Cumbaa, and J. E. Storer. 1997. Early Late Cretaceous birds from Saskatchewan, Canada: the oldest diverse avifauna known from North America. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 17(1):172-176
Parent taxon: Hesperornithiformes according to A. Bell and L. M. Chiappe 2016
See also Padian 2004 and Tokaryk et al. 1997
Sister taxa: Baptornithidae, Brodavidae, Chupkaornis, Enaliornis, Enaliornithidae, Fumicollis, Hesperornithidae, Potamornis
Subtaxa: Pasquiaornis hardiei Pasquiaornis tankei
Type: Pasquiaornis hardiei
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Carrot River Bonebed (Cretaceous of Saskatchewan)
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