BreviquartossaCaelidraconesEupterodactyloideaLate ConiacianLate CretaceousLophocratiaMacronychopteraMonofenestrataNorth AmericaNovialoideaOrnithocheiroideaPteranodontiaPteranodontidaePteranodontoideaPterodactyliformesPterodactyloideaPterodactylomorphaPterosauriaSantonianZambellisauria

Pteranodon comptus

Pterosaur: Pteranodon comptus

Meters Feet
Wingspan*: 2.50 m 8.2 ft
*The largest known specimen

ESR: 0.5 / 4 (estimated size reliability)

Period

Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Late Coniacian - Santonian

Details

Status: nomen dubium
Autor: Marsh
Year: 1876
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
Pteranodontidae


Other

Material: Distal ends of both tibiae, right tarsals, metatarsal fragment. Referred 2 individuals ?
References: Bennett, S.C. (1994). "Taxonomy and systematics of the Late Cretaceous pterosaur Pteranodon (Pterosauria, Pterodactyloida)".

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