Pteranodon sternbergi Temporal range:
Late Cretaceous, | |
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Mounted female and male P. sternbergi skeletons at the Royal Ontario Museum | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | †Pterosauria |
Suborder: | †Pterodactyloidea |
Family: | †Pteranodontidae |
Genus: | †Pteranodon |
Species: | †P. sternbergi
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Binomial name | |
†Pteranodon sternbergi Harksen, 1966
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Synonyms | |
Genus synonymy
Synonyms of G. sternbergi
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Pteranodon sternbergi is an extinct species of the pteranodontid pterodactyloid pterosaur genus Pteranodon from the Late Cretaceous geological period of North America. P. sternbergi was among the largest pterosaurs, with a wingspan of up to 6 metres (20 ft) in males. It has been argued that P. sternbergi should be classified in a separate genus, Geosternbergia, but this has not been followed by most other researchers.