†Pasquiaornis hardiei 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
Belongs to Pasquiaornis according to T. T. Tokaryk et al. 1997
See also Padian 2004
Sister taxon: Pasquiaornis tankei
Type specimen: SMNH P2077.117, a limb element (left tarsometatarsus). Its type locality is Carrot River Bonebed, which is in a Cenomanian marginal marine conglomerate/claystone in the Belle Fourche Formation of Canada.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Carrot River Bonebed
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