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PASQUIAORNIS
(pass-kwe-ah-or-niss)
Named By: T. T. Tokaryk, S. L. Cumbaa & J. E. Storer in 1997
Time Period: Late Cretaceous, 93
Location: Canada, Saskatchewan - Belle Fourche Formation
Size: Unavailable
Diet: Piscivore
Fossil(s): Partial remains
Classification: | Chordata | Hesperornithes |
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Pasquiaornis is a prehistoric flightless bird genus from the Late Cretaceous. It lived during the late Cenomanian, between 95-93 million years ago.

Two species have been described, P. hardiei and P. tankei. The genus Pasquiaornis was a member of the Hesperornithes, flightless toothed seabirds of the Cretaceous. Though its relationships to other members of this group are inadequately known, Pasquiaornis appears to have been one of the more basal lineages.

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