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Nyctosaurus gracilis
Taxonomy
Pteranodon gracilis was named by Marsh (1876). Its type specimen is YPM 1178, a set of postcrania (Scapulae, coracoids, dorsal and cervical vertebrae, partial forelimbs), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Hackberry, which is in a Santonian offshore horizon in the Niobrara Formation of Kansas.
It was recombined as Nyctodactylus gracilis by Marsh (1881) and Williston (1892); it was recombined as Pteranodon (Nyctosaurus) gracilis by Miller (1971); it was recombined as Nyctosaurus gracilis by Marsh (1876), Hay (1902), Williston (1903), Hay (1930), Charig (1967), Schoch (1984), Bennett (1994), Unwin (2003), Andres et al. (2014) and Vila Nova et al. (2014).
It was recombined as Nyctodactylus gracilis by Marsh (1881) and Williston (1892); it was recombined as Pteranodon (Nyctosaurus) gracilis by Miller (1971); it was recombined as Nyctosaurus gracilis by Marsh (1876), Hay (1902), Williston (1903), Hay (1930), Charig (1967), Schoch (1984), Bennett (1994), Unwin (2003), Andres et al. (2014) and Vila Nova et al. (2014).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1876 | Nyctosaurus gracilis Marsh p. 480 |
1876 | Pteranodon gracilis Marsh p. 508 |
1881 | Nyctodactylus gracilis Marsh p. 343 |
1892 | Nyctodactylus gracilis Williston p. 3 |
1902 | Nyctosaurus gracilis Hay p. 508 |
1903 | Nyctosaurus gracilis Williston p. 154 |
1930 | Nyctosaurus gracilis Hay p. 163 |
1967 | Nyctosaurus gracilis Charig p. 718 |
1971 | Pteranodon (Nyctosaurus) gracilis Miller p. 11 |
1984 | Nyctosaurus gracilis Schoch |
1994 | Nyctosaurus gracilis Bennett p. 14 |
2003 | Nyctosaurus gracilis Unwin p. 145 |
2014 | Nyctosaurus gracilis Andres et al. |
2014 | Nyctosaurus gracilis Vila Nova et al. |
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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.
†Nyctosaurus gracilis Marsh 1876
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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References: Carroll 1988, Padian 1985, Hendy et al. 2009 |
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Santonian to the top of the Santonian or 85.80000 to 83.60000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Late/Upper Coniacian - Santonian | USA (Kansas) | Nyctosaurus sp. (93390) | |
Santonian | USA (Kansas) | Nyctosaurus gracilis (188486) | |
Late/Upper Santonian | USA (Kansas) | Pteranodon gracilis (type locality: 93389) |