Pteranodon

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Pteranodon
Fossil range: Mid-Late Cretaceous
Pteranodon sternbergi
Pteranodon sternbergi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Order: Pterosauria
Suborder: Pterodactyloidea
Superfamily: Ornithocheiroidea
Family: Pteranodontidae
Genus: Pteranodon
Marsh, 1876
Species
  • P. longiceps (type)
  • P. sternbergi

Pteranodon was a big pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous period. With its wings open it was up to 9 meters across. Pteranodon might have live much like and albatross, spending a lot of time over the ocean, looking for fish. It had no teeth in its long mouth, and it had a small pouch like a pelican at the back of its jaw. Pteranodon had a big crest at the back of its head. Pteranodon longiceps had a straight crest that went backwards, and Pteranodon sternbergi had a bigger, flatter crest that went upward.