Paleo Files- Ichthyornis

Common name: Toothed gull
Scientific name: Ichthyornis dispar
Year named: 1872, by Othniel Charles Marsh
Meaning: 'different fish bird'
Length: 1-2'
Wingspan: 2.9'/43 cm
Weight: 5 lb
Time: late Cretaceous, 85-65 mya
Range: Canada- Alberta & Saskatchewan. USA- Kansas, Alabama, New Mexico, Texas
Biome: coastlines and mangrove swamps
Frequency: common
Organization: flocks
Diet: small fish, squid, shellfish, insects, carrion
Enemies: terrestrial theropods, mosasaurs
Neighbors: Hesperornis regalis, Pteranodon longiceps, Tylosaurus proriger
Danger Level: Low