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PHYLUM CHORDATA 



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ORDER 1. STEREORNITHES. 1 



Including Phororhacos, Dryornis, and other genera from the 

 Eocene of South America. 



FIG. 1065. Ichthyornis victor. The restored skeleton. (After Marsh.) 



ORDER 2. ODONTOLC^E. 



Including Hesperornis 2 (Fig. 1064), a large diving and swimming 

 Bird from the Cretaceous of North America, and other less known 

 genera. 



1 Recent investigations indicate that this is not a natural group, but that 

 its various genera will have to be distributed amongst various orders both of 

 Ratitae and of Carinatae. 



2 Hesperornis is perhaps more nearly related to the Ratitae. 



