A toothed bird Hesperornis sp. (Hesperornithiformes) from the Pierre Shale (Late Cretaceous) of Saskatchewan

Canadian Field-Naturalist

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 670-672

  Tokaryk, Tim T ^a  

^a ROYAL SASKATCHEWAN MUSEUM   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cretaceous; Hesperornis; Pierre Shale; Saskatchewan

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CRETACEOUS; FOSSIL;

CANADA; SASKATCHEWAN;

AVES; HESPERORNIS; HESPERORNITHIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033368994     PISSN: 00083550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5962/p.358673     Document Type: Article

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