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Pteranodon sternbergi

Reptilia - Pterosauria

Taxonomy
Pteranodon sternbergi was named by Harksen (1966). Its type specimen is SMM 5426, a skull, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is 1 mile W of Bogue, which is in a Coniacian/Santonian offshore horizon in the Niobrara Formation of Kansas.

It was recombined as Pteranodon (Sternbergia) sternbergi by Miller (1971); it was recombined as Geosternbergia sternbergi by Kellner (2010).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Pteranodon sternbergi Harksen p. 76 figs. 1-2
1971Pteranodon (Sternbergia) sternbergi Miller
1971Pteranodon (Occidentalia) eatoni Miller p. 16
1994Pteranodon sternbergi Bennett p. 30
2003Pteranodon sternbergi Unwin p. 145
2010Geosternbergia sternbergi Kellner
2014Pteranodon sternbergi Andres et al.
2014Pteranodon sternbergi Vila Nova et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
RankNameAuthor
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—PterosauromorphaPadian 1997
orderPterosauriaKaup 1834
suborderPterodactyloideaPlieninger 1901
—Pteranodontia()
genusPteranodon
speciessternbergi

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Pteranodon sternbergi Harksen 1966
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Invalid names: Pteranodon (Occidentalia) eatoni Miller 1971 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: volantg
Diet: piscivoreg
Created: 2009-01-05 17:19:48
Modified: 2009-01-05 19:19:48
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Gudger 1944, Padian 1985, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Coniacian to the top of the Early/Lower Santonian or 89.30000 to 83.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Coniacian - Early/Lower Santonian89.3 - 83.5USA (Kansas) Pteranodon occidentalis (93384) Pteranodon sternbergi (type locality: 93383)