Pasquiaornis

Taxobox
name = "Pasquiaornis"
status = fossil
fossil_range = Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
subclassis = Hesperornithes
familia_authority =
genus = "Pasquiaornis"
genus_authority =
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision ="Pasquiaornis hardiei" "Pasquiaornis tankei" (but see text)

"Pasquiaornis" is a prehistoric flightless bird genus from the Late Cretaceous. It lived during the late Cenomanian, some 95-93 million years agoVerify source|date=November 2007.

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. [Mortimer (2004)]

Footnotes

References

* (2004): The Theropod Database: [http://home.comcast.net/~eoraptor/Phylogeny%20of%20Taxa.html Phylogeny of taxa] . Retrieved 2008-AUG-14.