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RE: Hesperornis - Marine Dinosaur

Toby White wrote:

I have read that Tim Tokaryk of the
Royal Saskatchewan Museum has found a (unpublished) possibly flying
Hesperornithiform in late K marine deposits in Saskatchewan, but I haven't
followed up.


Do you mean _Pasquiaornis_ which was described by Tokaryk, Cumbaa and Storer in 1997 (in JVP I think)? It's from the late Cretaceous of Saskatchewan, and although flightless in some respects (esp. humerus and femur) this hesperornithiform does resemble volant birds.

As for _Hesperornis_ being the only marine dinosaur, you're of course forgetting the penguins. ;-)


Tim




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