[D] Hesperornis chowi [~/~]
Describer
Martin & Lim, 2002
Time
Cretaceous Late Campanian
Classification
Saurischia Theropoda Tetanurae Coelurosauria Maniraptora Avialae Ornithothoraces Ornithurae [Hesperonithiformes]
Fossilsite
Pierre Shale, South Dakota, US
Info
Hesperornis chowi (right tarsometatarusu) about the same size as Hesperornis regalis, but with \\\"a more elongate tarsometatarusu with a slender shaft and less enlarged outer trochlea, anterior metatarsal ridge more slender, and the inner metarartsal ridge shorter and less prominent.\\\" Authors say that \\\"many if not all such reports\\\" are H. chowi.