Pterosaur
Pteranodon
More than a thousand fossil specimens are known, some with very well preserved skulls and skeletons.
Pteranodon was a flying reptile from the pterosaur group, not a dinosaur.
Three stages. One companion.
Game artwork
AI-generated, stylized game illustrations. These designs and growth stages are imaginative, not scientific reconstructions.
Pteranodon at a glance
- Diet
- Mainly fish
- Fish-eating is supported by its anatomy and fossil evidence from the group; this does not mean its diet was identical to that of every seabird.
- When it lived
- Cretaceous
- Group
- Pteranodontidae
- Pteranodontids
- Fossil locations
- Wyoming, South Dakota, Kansas
- Places where fossils have been found
Beyond the game
The real Pteranodon
The largest individuals of Pteranodon longiceps exceeded six meters in wingspan. That measurement goes from the tip of one wing to the other with both extended; It does not describe the length of the body. Its size is best understood by imagining that horizontal space.
More than a thousand fossil specimens are known, some with very well preserved skulls and skeletons. Such a large collection allows us to compare individuals of different ages and sizes, and to know this pterosaur in much more detail than other animals represented by a few remains.
This grouping describes evolutionary relationships. Its members share ancestors; they do not form a chain in which one must turn into another.
Fossil discoveries
Selected fossil records · present-day map
Map references
Map: Natural Earth, public domain. Fossil records: linked collections and publications.Sources & text credits
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- Pteranodon
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- Pteranodon
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- Pteranodontidae
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- Birds and crocodilians
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