Pasquiaornis
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| Pasquiaornis Fossil range: Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) |
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Pasquiaornis hardiei |
Pasquiaornis is a prehistoric flightless bird genus from the Late Cretaceous. It lived during the late Cenomanian, some 95-93 million years ago[verification needed].
Two species have been described, P. hardiei and P. tankei. It is not entirely certain that they are really distinct however. The genus Pasquiaornis was a member of the Hesperornithes, flightless toothed seabirds of the Cretaceous. Though its relationships to other members of this group are inadequately known, Pasquiaornis appears to have been one of the more basal lineages.[1]
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Mortimer (2004)
[edit] References
- Mortimer, Michael (2004): The Theropod Database: Phylogeny of taxa. Retrieved 2007-OCT-29.
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