Pteranodon Marsh 1876 (pterosaur)

Reptilia - Pterosauria

Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1876. Notice of a new sub-order of Pterosauria. American Journal of Science 11:507-509

Parent taxon: Pteranodontia according to J. A. Headden and H. B. N. Campos 2014

See also Andres et al. 2014, Bennett 1989, Bennett 1994, Carroll 1988, Charig 1967, Günther 1886, Harksen 1966, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Marsh 1890, Murry et al. 1991, Schoch 1984, Unwin 2003, Vila Nova et al. 2014, Williston 1892, Williston 1893, Williston 1903 and Zittel 1890

Sister taxa: Alamodactylus, Aponyctosauria, Ornithocheiroidea, Pteranodontidae

Subtaxa: Ornithocheirus harpyia Ornithocheirus umbrosus Pteranodon (Longicepia) Pteranodon (Occidentalia) Pteranodon (Sternbergia) Pteranodon comptus Pteranodon longiceps Pteranodon sternbergi Pterodactylus ingens Pterodactylus occidentalis Pterodactylus oweni Pterodactylus velox

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Ecology: volant piscivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (37: Delaware, Kansas, South Dakota, Wyoming collections)

Total: 37 collections including 40 occurrences

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