Among these, it belonged to the Hesperornithidae, along with " Hesperornis ", the well-known namesake genus.
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Its precise relationships are not all too clear; the quadrate bone is unique in some respects but apparently shares more apomorphies with the family Hesperornithidae-the " typical " Hesperornithes-in cladistic analysis.
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Its exact relationships are not completely resolved, but it probably belongs into the Hesperornithidae just like " Hesperornis ", well-known from the Western Interior Seaway that covered most of the US Midwest in the Mesozoic.