Hesperornis Marsh, 1872

Dataset

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Rank

GENUS

Published in

Marsh, Othniel C. 1872. Preliminary description of Hesperornis regalis, with notices of four other new species of Cretaceous birds. The American Journal of Science and Arts 13-18: 360-365.

Classification

kingdom

Animalia

phylum

Chordata

class

Aves

family

Hesperornithidae

genus

Hesperornis

Name

Homonyms

Hesperornis Marsh, 1872

Bibliographic References

1. Amer. J. Sci., (3) 3, 57
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3. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library].
4. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library].
5. SN2000/Storer et al., 1979
6. Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 363, 1-560.