Ichthyornis dispar Ichthyornis (meaning "fish bird", after its fish-like vertebrae) is an extinct genus of toothy seabird-like ornithuran from the late Cretaceous period of North America. It is thought that Ichthyornis was the Cretaceous ecological equivalent of modern seabirds such as gulls, petrels, and skimmers. An average specimen was the size of a pigeon, 24 centimeters (9.4 in) long, with a skeletal wingspan of around 43 centimeters (17 in), though there is considerable size variation among known specimens, with some smaller and some much larger than the type specimen of I. dispar.
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