FHSM VP-17988
Hesperornis regalis (Marsh, 1872)

Taxonomy

Specimen Info

Kingdom
Animalia
Genus
Hesperornis
Phylum
Chordata
Species
regalis
Class
Aves
Author
Marsh
Order
Hesperornithiformes
Year
1872
Family
Hesperornithidae
Collected by
Irwin, K.J.
Date Collected
2012-03-31
Identified By
Bell, A.
Date Identified
2011-07-04
Type
Number of Pieces
1
Description
Limb; Phalanx, (1) pedal phalanx I of digit II

Locality

Lithostratigraphy

Country
United States of America
State/Province
Arkansas
County
Clark
Remarks
Information withheld. Please contact FHSM for detailed locality information
Group
Formation
Malbrook
Member
Zone
Bed
Local Fauna

Chronostratigraphy

Biostratigraphy

Earliest Era
Mesozoic
Latest Era
Mesozoic
Earliest Period
Cretaceous
Latest Period
Cretaceous
Earliest Epoch
Upper
Latest Epoch
Upper
Earliest Age
Latest Age
Lowest Zone
Highest Zone

Publications (1 of 1)

Bell, A., Irwin, K.J., Davis L.C.. 2015. Hesperornithoform birds from the Late Cretaceous (Campanian) of Arkansas, USA. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science , 118:219-229