BreviquartossaCaelidraconesEupterodactyloideaLate ConiacianLate CretaceousLophocratiaMacronychopteraMonofenestrataNorth AmericaNovialoideaOrnithocheiroideaPteranodontiaPteranodontidaePteranodontoideaPterodactyliformesPterodactyloideaPterodactylomorphaPterosauriaSantonianZambellisauria

Pteranodon umbrosus

Pterosaur: Pteranodon umbrosus

Meters Feet
Wingspan*: 5.00 m 16.4 ft
*The largest known specimen

ESR: 1 / 4 (estimated size reliability)

Period

Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Late Coniacian - Santonian

Details

Status: nomen dubium / S > Pteranodon longiceps
Autor: Cope
Year: 1892
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: Wing bones (fragmentary).
References: Bennett, S.C. (1994). "Taxonomy and systematics of the Late Cretaceous pterosaur Pteranodon (Pterosauria, Pterodactyloida)".

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