Ichthyornis
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Ichthyornis is an extinct genus of toothy seabird-like ornithuran from the Late Cretaceous of North America. Its fossil remains are known from the chalks of Alberta, Alabama, Kansas, New Mexico, Saska
Restoration of I. dispar
Skeletal restoration based on the holotype of I. dispar
Skeletal restoration based on the holotype of I. victor (now I. dispar) by O.C. Marsh.
Cast of the original composite panel mount of "I. victor" (now I. dispar), Peabody Museum of Natural History
Ornithurae
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Ornithurae is a natural group that includes modern birds and their very close relatives such as the ichthyornithines and the hesperornithines. This clade is defined in the PhyloCode by Juan Benito and
Ichthyornis
…Ichthyornis (meaning "fish bird", after its fish-like vertebrae) is an extinct genus of toothy seabird-like ornithuran from the Late Cretaceous of North America. Its fossil remains are known from the chalks of Alberta, Alabama, Kansas (Greenhorn Limestone), New Mexico…
Alectura lathami Centenary Lakes crop
Patagonykuspuertai
Confuciusornis plumage pattern
Patagopteryx deferrariisi