A high latitude hesperornithiform (Aves) from Devon Island: palaeobiogeography and size distribution of North American hesperornithiforms

• Published in: Journal of Systematic Palaeontology
• Main Authors: Wilson, Laura E., Chin, Karen, Cumbaa, Stephen, Dyke, Gareth
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: Arctic; Bylot Island; Devon Island
• Online Access: https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/201163/

A new hesperornithiform bird specimen from Devon Island in the Canadian High Arctic is represented by three cervical vertebrae and is assigned to Canadaga arctica. The new specimen is only the second occurrence of C. arctica and corresponds in morphology and size to the type specimen from Bylot Isla...