:: In similar style he transforms the shape of the carapace of the crab " Crocodilus americanus " and " Notosuchus terrestris "; relates the hip-bones of fossil reptiles and birds such as " Archaeopteryx " and " Apatornis "; the skulls of various fossil horses, and even the skulls of a horse and a rabbit.
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Its type species was originally classified as " Ichthyornis celer " . " A . celer " was long allied with " Ichthyornis ", having been assigned to Ichthyornidae by Marsh ( 1873 ), to Odontotormae by Marsh ( 1880 ), and to Ichthyornithiformes by Sepkoski ( 2002 ) . " Apatornis " differs from " Ichthyornis " primarily in that it had at least one additional rib attached to the hip vertebrae ( sacrum ), possibly more as the entire synsacrum was not preserved in the only known specimen . " Apatornis " also lacked the ossified tendons covering the top of the sacral region in " Ichthyornis ".
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Its type species was originally classified as " Ichthyornis celer " . " A . celer " was long allied with " Ichthyornis ", having been assigned to Ichthyornidae by Marsh ( 1873 ), to Odontotormae by Marsh ( 1880 ), and to Ichthyornithiformes by Sepkoski ( 2002 ) . " Apatornis " differs from " Ichthyornis " primarily in that it had at least one additional rib attached to the hip vertebrae ( sacrum ), possibly more as the entire synsacrum was not preserved in the only known specimen . " Apatornis " also lacked the ossified tendons covering the top of the sacral region in " Ichthyornis ".
