Alternative combinations: Nyctodactylus gracilis, Pteranodon (Nyctosaurus) gracilis, Pteranodon gracilis
Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1876. Notice of a new sub-order of Pterosauria. American Journal of Science 11:507-509
Belongs to Nyctosaurus according to B. Andres et al. 2014
See also Bennett 1994, Charig 1967, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Marsh 1876, Marsh 1876, Marsh 1881, Miller 1971, Schoch 1984, Unwin 2003, Vila Nova et al. 2014, Williston 1892 and Williston 1903
Sister taxa: Nyctosaurus bonneri, Nyctosaurus lamegoi, Nyctosaurus nanus
Type specimen: YPM 1178, a set of postcrania (Scapulae, coracoids, dorsal and cervical vertebrae, partial forelimbs). Its type locality is Hackberry, which is in a Santonian offshore horizon in the Niobrara Formation of Kansas.
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (3: Kansas collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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