Asiahesperornis bazhanovi
- Length
- 5 m (16.4 ft)
- Period
- Late Cretaceous (70 Mya)
- Place
- Asia · Kazakhstan
- Food
- Carnivore
- Clade
- Hesperornithidae
Asiahesperornis is a prehistoric foot-propelled diving toothed flightless bird genus from the Late Cretaceous. The single known species is Asiahesperornis bazhanovi. It lived in what today is Kazakhstan, at its time the shores of the shallow Turgai Sea.
It was a member of the Hesperornithes, flightless toothed seabirds of the Cretaceous. Its exact relationships are not completely resolved, but it probably belongs into the Hesperornithidae just like Hesperornis, well known from the Western Interior Seaway that covered most of the US Midwest in the Mesozoic. Its name is derived from its findings in Asia.
What we know
- Named by Nesov & Prizemlin, 1991.
- Fossils found in Asia and Kazakhstan.
What we guess
The reconstruction notes for Asiahesperornis — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.