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Chordata
Sauropsida
Hesperornithiformes
Hesperornithidae
Hesperornis
Hesperornis regalis
Hesperornis regalis
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Sauropsida
Order:
Hesperornithiformes
Family:
Hesperornithidae
Genus:
Hesperornis
Species:
Hesperornis regalis
Marsh, 1872
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Geological Range
Santonian to Maastrichtian
Paleogeographic Distribution
New Jersey to Kansas to South Dakota
Stratigraphic Occurrences
Maastrichtian
Basal Hornerstown Formation (Newark Group) (NJ)
Campanian
Niobrara Formation (KS)
Pierre Shale (SD) [Campanian]
Santonian
Niobrara Formation (Smoky Hill) (KS)
Hesperornis regalis
from the Late Cretaceous of Wallace County, Kansas (YPM VP 001200).
Hesperornis regalis
from the Late Cretaceous Niobrara Fm. of Wallace County, Kansas (YPM VP 001477).
Stratigraphic position unknown