BreviquartossaCaelidraconesEarly SantonianEupterodactyloideaLate ConiacianLate CretaceousLophocratiaMacronychopteraMonofenestrataNorth AmericaNovialoideaNyctosauridaeOrnithocheiroideaPteranodontiaPteranodontoideaPterodactyliformesPterodactyloideaPterodactylomorphaPterosauriaZambellisauria

Nyctosaurus nanus

Pterosaur: Nyctosaurus nanus

Meters Feet
Wingspan*: 1.80 m 5.9 ft
*The largest known specimen

ESR: 2 / 4 (estimated size reliability)

Period

Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Late Coniacian - Early Santonian

Details

Status: valid / S > Nyctosaurus gracilis
Autor: Schoch
Year: 1984
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: Scapula, coracoid, humerus, vertebra, bone fragments.
References: R. M. Schoch. (1984). Notes on the type specimens of Pteranodon and Nyctosaurus (Pterosauria, Pteranodontidae) in the Yale Peabody Museum collections.

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