A new hesperornithiform (Aves) specimen from the Late Cretaceous Canadian High Arctic with comments on high latitude hesperornithiform diet

• Main Authors: Wilson, Laura Elizabeth, Chin, Karen, Cumbaa, Stephen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: NRC Research Press (a division of Canadian Science Publishing) 2016
• Subjects: Arctic; Canada; Devon Island; Nunavut
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1807/74363; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/abs/10.1139/cjes-2016-0053

Here we describe a new hesperornithiform specimen from the Upper Cretaceous Kanguk Formation of Devon Island, Nunavut, Canada. This specimen (NUVF 286) is referred to cf. Hesperornis sp. based on size and shape of femora and teeth preserved with other skeletal elements. Previous osteohistologic anal...