Coniornis Marsh, 1893
Coniornis Marsh, 1893
(Amer. J. Sci., (3) 45, 82.
NcZ) "Cretaceous bird"
kon-ee-OR-nis
(Gr. konis "dust, chalk [Cretaceous]" + Gr. ornis "bird") (m)
alluding to the Late Cretaceous (Judith River) deposits at Dog Creek, Montana,
where the fossil was found, indicating that hesperornithids lived in freshwater as well
as marine environments. Ornithurae Hesperornithiformes Hesperornithidae L. Cret. NA.
[= ?Hesperornis Marsh, 1872]
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Coniornis altus Marsh, 1893 |
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