Also known as Pteranodon walkeri holotype
Where: Graham County, Kansas (39.4° N, 99.9° W: paleocoordinates 42.4° N, 66.2° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Smoky Hill Chalk Member (Niobrara Formation), Santonian (86.3 - 83.6 Ma)
• within 5 m above or below Marker Unit 18 in the upper Smoky Hill Chalk
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Sternberg
Primary reference: H. W. Miller. 1971. The taxonomy of the Pteranodon species from Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 74(1):1-19 [R. Butler/R. Butler/R. Butler]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 93386: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 17.01.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Pteranodon (Sternbergia) walkeri n. sp." = Pteranodon longiceps
"Pteranodon (Sternbergia) walkeri n. sp." = Pteranodon longiceps Marsh 1876 pterosaur FHSM VP 221, skull
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