Pteranodon

Pteranodon Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 86–84.5 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Mounted replica of an adult male P. longiceps skeleton, AMNH
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Order:	†Pterosauria
Suborder:	†Pterodactyloidea
Family:	†Pteranodontidae
Subfamily:	†Pteranodontinae Marsh, 1876
Genus:	†Pteranodon
Type species
†Pteranodon longiceps Marsh, 1876
Other species
†P. sternbergi? Harksen, 1966
Synonyms
Occidentalia Miller, 1972 Geosternbergia? Miller, 1978 Longicepia Miller, 1978 Dawndraco? Kellner, 2010

Pteranodon was a large pterosaur from the Upper Cretaceous period. About 1200 partial skeletons have been found, more than any other pterosaur. It lived in the area of the Western Interior Seaway.^[1][2]

Fossil Pteranodon have been found in Kansas, Alabama, Nebraska, Wyoming, and South Dakota.

1. ↑ Bennett S.C. 2000. Inferring stratigraphic position of fossil vertebrates from the Niobrara Chalk of western Kansas. Current Research in Earth Sciences: Kansas Geological Survey Bulletin, 244 (Part 1): 26 pp.
2. ↑ > Bennett S.C. 1994. The pterosaurs of the Niobrara chalk. The Earth Scientist 11 (1): 22–25.