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hesperornithiform

hesperornithiform noun: any of the clade †Hesperornithes of extinct toothed birds.

Noun

hesperornithiform (plural hesperornithiforms)

  1. Any of the clade †Hesperornithes of extinct toothed birds.
    • Flight loss among marine divers started in the Cretaceous, among the hesperornithiforms and perhaps separately in the baptornithids.2002, Gregory S. Paul, Dinosaurs of the Air, Johns Hopkins University Press, page 151
    • This study presents a new taxon of hesperornithiform from the Smoky Hill Member, Fumicollis hoffmani, the holotype of which is among the more complete hesperornithiform skeletons.2015 November 19, “Identification of a New Hesperornithiform from the Cretaceous Niobrara Chalk and Implications for Ecologic Diversity among Early Diving Birds”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of hesperornithiform

pluralhesperornithiforms

Questions about hesperornithiform

What does hesperornithiform mean?
Hesperornithiform means any of the clade †Hesperornithes of extinct toothed birds.
What part of speech is hesperornithiform?
Hesperornithiform is a noun.
What is the plural of hesperornithiform?
The plural of hesperornithiform is hesperornithiforms.

Words near hesperornithiform in the dictionary

  1. Hesperonesian
  2. hesperornithean
  3. hesperornitheans
  4. hesperornithid
  5. hesperornithids
  6. hesperornithiform
  7. hesperornithiforms
  8. hesperornithine
  9. hesperornithines
  10. Hesperus
  11. hesps

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