BreviquartossaCaelidraconesEarly SantonianEupterodactyloideaLate ConiacianLate CretaceousLophocratiaMacronychopteraMonofenestrataNorth AmericaNovialoideaNyctosauridaeOrnithocheiroideaPteranodontiaPteranodontoideaPterodactyliformesPterodactyloideaPterodactylomorphaPterosauriaZambellisauria

Nyctosaurus bonneri

Pterosaur: Nyctosaurus bonneri

Meters Feet
Wingspan*: 2.80 m 9.2 ft
*The largest known specimen

ESR: 3.5 / 4 (estimated size reliability)

Period

Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Late Coniacian - Early Santonian

Details

Status: valid / S > Nyctosaurus gracilis
Autor: Miller
Year: 1972
Area: North America
Country: USA
Region: Kansas
Formation: Niobrara

Classification

Pterosauria
Zambellisauria
Macronychoptera
Novialoidea
Breviquartossa
Pterodactylomorpha
Monofenestrata
Pterodactyliformes
Caelidracones
Pterodactyloidea
Lophocratia
Eupterodactyloidea
Ornithocheiroidea
Pteranodontoidea
Pteranodontia
Nyctosauridae


Other

Material: Skull and partial skeleton, other fragments ?
References: Miller, H.W (1972). The taxonomy of the Pteranodon species from Kansas.

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