Hesperornithid
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Hesperornithid is a noun meaning (paleontology) Any extinct avialan in the family Hesperornithidae.
Meaning
(paleontology) Any extinct avialan in the family Hesperornithidae.
Example Sentences
Finally, the Volgorod locality, Maastrichtian in age, has yielded two dinosaurs (an indeterminate hesperornithid and a basal theropod) and a few turtles.
The arrival of these hesperornithids in more southern waters during the early Campanian may indicate a cooler climate, closer shores, adaptations to changes in prey, or other factors.
2020, Alan Feduccia, Romancing the Birds and Dinosaurs, Universal Publishers (BrownWalker Press), page 83, 9. Cretaceous foot-propelled divers, the hesperornithids, were grouped cladistically with loons (Eocene) and grebes (Miocene) as a clade, which would require re-evolution of teeth from an edentulous ancestor.
Word Forms
- hesperornithids
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include hesperornithiform, heliornithid, presbyornithid, ornithuromorph, pengornithid, hongshanornithid.
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