hesperornithid
English
Etymology
From translingual Hesperornithidae, from Hesperornis (“genus name”).
Noun
hesperornithid (plural hesperornithids)
- (paleontology) Any extinct avialan in the family Hesperornithidae.
- 2011, David B. Weishampel, Coralia-Maria Jianu, Transylvanian Dinosaurs, Johns Hopkins University Press, page 109,
- Finally, the Volgorod locality, Maastrichtian in age, has yielded two dinosaurs (an indeterminate hesperornithid and a basal theropod) and a few turtles.
- 2017, Michael J. Everhart, Oceans of Kansas, Indiana University Press, page 365,
- 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.
- 2011, David B. Weishampel, Coralia-Maria Jianu, Transylvanian Dinosaurs, Johns Hopkins University Press, page 109,
Related terms
- hesperornithean (member of clade Hesperornithes)
- hesperornithiform (member of order Hesperornithiformes)
Further reading
- Hesperornithes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Hesperornithiformes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Hesperornithidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Hesperornithiformes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Hesperornithes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Hesperornithiformes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons