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Nyctosaurus nanus
Taxonomy
Pteranodon nanus was named by Marsh (1881). Its type specimen is YPM 1182, a set of postcrania (Scapula, coracoid, humerus, vertebra, bone fragments), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pteranodon nanus holotype, which is in a Coniacian/Santonian offshore horizon in the Niobrara Formation of Kansas.
It was synonymized subjectively with Nyctosaurus gracilis by Williston (1903); it was synonymized subjectively with Pteranodon (Nyctosaurus) gracilis by Miller (1971); it was recombined as Nyctosaurus nanus by Hay (1930), Charig (1967) and Bennett (1994).
It was synonymized subjectively with Nyctosaurus gracilis by Williston (1903); it was synonymized subjectively with Pteranodon (Nyctosaurus) gracilis by Miller (1971); it was recombined as Nyctosaurus nanus by Hay (1930), Charig (1967) and Bennett (1994).
Synonymy list
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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 nanus Marsh 1881
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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References: Carroll 1988, 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: one only
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Late/Upper Coniacian - Early/Lower Santonian | USA (Kansas) | Pteranodon nanus (type locality: 93388) |