Pteranodon CollectA 88039
CollectA 88039 - Pteranodon
ca. 16 x 3 cm
Name: Pteranodon (Toothless wing).
Named By: Othniel Charles Marsh - 1876.
Synonyms: Geosternbergia sternbergi, G. walkeri, Ornithocheirus harpyia, O. umbrosus, Ornithochirus harpyia, O. umbrosus, Ornithostoma ingens, O. umbrosum, Pteranodon eatoni, P. (Geosternbergia) sternbergi, P. (Geosternbergia) walkeri, P. (Longicepia) ingens, P. (Longicepia) longicps, P. (Longicepia) marshi, P. marshi, P. (Pteranodon) ingens, P. (Pteranodon) marshi, P. (Occidentalia) eatoni, P. (Occidentalia) occidentalis, P. (Sternbergia) sternbergi, P. (Sternbergia) walkeri, P. walkeri, Pterodactylus occidentalis.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea, Pteranodontidae.
Species: P. longiceps (type), P. stembergi.
Type: Piscivore.
Size: Males average wingspans of around 5.6 meters, though largest males attain wingspans approaching 6.25 meters across. Isolated remains suggest an upper size of males of 7 meters though these fossils might not be Pteranodon. Females much smaller with wingspans averaging 3.5 meters
Known locations: USA - Niobrara Formation, Pierre Shale Formation.
Time period: Coniacian to Campanian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Other a 1,000 known specimens, although over half are of partial remains.
