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Specimen #: B.84.04.18
Collection: Aves > Bird, Hesperornis
Status: stored
Images
Description
Phalange, tibiotarsus (distal end), tibiotarsus (complete), tarsometatarsus
Measurements
Distal Tibiotarsus - Width: 2.8, Height: 2.7, Length: 10.4 Complete Tibiotarsus - Width: 3.0, Height : 3.5, Length: 28.8 Tarsometatarsus - Width: 2.6, Height: 2.0, Length: 12.7 Phalnage - Wdith:2.2, Height: 1.0, Length: 2.6 All above rough measurements were made using a hand held ruler, not calipers.
Details
| Common Name: | Bird, Hesperornis |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Hesperornithiformes |
| Family: | Hesperornithidae |
| Genus: | Hesperornis |
| Species: | regalis |
| Geo Period: | Assume Cretaceous |
| Epoch: | Assume Campanian |
| Formation: | Assume Pierre Shale |
| Member: | Assume Pembina |
| Current Location: | Manitoba Escarpment |
| Credit: | Dr. Elizabeth L. Nicholls, Henry Isaak, Don Bell |
Current Condition
Excellent