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| Pteranodon sternbergii Temporal range: Late Cretaceous | |
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| Pteranodon sternbergi | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Sauropsida |
| Order: | Pterosauria |
| Suborder: | Pterodactyloidea |
| Superfamily: | Ornithocheiroidea |
| Family: | Pteranodontidae |
| Genus: | Pteranodon |
| Species: | P. sternbergi Harksen, 1966 |
Pteranodon sternbergi is a species of Pteranodon, a pteranodontid pterosaur. It lived in the middle-late Cretaceous, about 85 million years ago, in North America. It lived on fish, and was among the largest of the flying reptiles, having a Template:Unit length wingspan. It was first described in 1966 and is believed to be an ancestor of the later species Pteranodon longiceps.
Anatomy
Pteranodon sternbergi is the first known upright-crested species of Pteranodon. It is believed that the crest kept it stable when flying. The lower jaw of P. sternbergi was 1.25 meters (4 ft) long.
Sources
- Wellnhofer, Peter (1996) . The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Pterosaurs. New York: Barnes and Noble Books. p. 139. ISBN 0-7607-0154-7.
- www.dinodata.org Retrieved on May 7th, 2008.
- Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science (1903-), Vol. 74, No. 1 (Spring, 1971), pp. 1-19 (article consists of 19 pages)
- ^ Beyond the Dinosaurs! by Howard Zimmerman, ISBN 0-689-84113-2.
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