Maurice Wilson. Ichthyornis. Genus of toothy seabird. Late Cretaceous. 99-70 million years. From a card set called Prehistoric Animals, Brooke Bond, 1972. #MauriceWilson #prehistoric #Ichthyornis #bird #BrookeBond

Ichthyornis skeletal illustration - From an 1880 monograph by O.C. Marsh (Odontornithes: a Monograph of the Extinct Toothed Birds of North America)

The "Fish Bird" #Ichthyornis was a widespread, toothed avian that lived during the Late Cretaceous. Its range encompassed both shores of what used to be the Western Interior Seaway of North America where it shared the skies with pterosaurs like Pteranodon. #Paleoart from O.C. Marsh - 1880.