Alternative combinations: Geosternbergia sternbergi, Pteranodon (Sternbergia) sternbergi
Synonym: Pteranodon (Occidentalia) eatoni Miller 1971
Full reference: J. C. Harksen. 1966. Pteranodon sternbergi, a new fossil pterodactyl from the Niobrara Cretaceous of Kansas. Proceedings of the South Dakota Academy of Science 45:74-77
Belongs to Pteranodon according to B. Andres et al. 2014
See also Bennett 1994, Harksen 1966, Kellner 2010, Miller 1971, Schoch 1984, Unwin 2003 and Vila Nova et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Ornithocheirus harpyia, Ornithocheirus umbrosus, Pteranodon (Longicepia), Pteranodon (Occidentalia), Pteranodon (Sternbergia), Pteranodon comptus, Pteranodon longiceps, Pterodactylus ingens, Pterodactylus occidentalis, Pterodactylus oweni, Pterodactylus velox
Type specimens:
- Pteranodon sternbergi: SMM 5426, a skull. Its type locality is 1 mile W of Bogue, which is in a Coniacian/Santonian offshore horizon in the Niobrara Formation of Kansas.
- Pteranodon (Occidentalia) eatoni: YPM 1179, a skull. Its type locality is near Castle Rock, which is in a Coniacian/Santonian offshore chalk in the Niobrara Formation of Kansas.
Ecology: volant piscivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (2: Kansas collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.