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Description: A large flightless swimming bird from the Late Cretaceous is described.
BBC - Science & Nature - Sea Monsters - Fact File: Hesperornis This giant bird made more use of its teeth than its wings. Late Cretaceous, 80-65 million years ago. Hesperornis had a sleek, feathered body and long legs with webbed feet. Its wings were small, used for steering when diving underwater. Its long jaws had many small sharp teeth. It was a marine predator, eating fish, ammonites and belemnites.
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