Pteranodontia
Clade of pteranodontoid pterosaurs / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Pteranodontia is an extinct group of ornithocheiroid pterodactyloid pterosaurs that lived during the Late Cretaceous period (Coniacian to Maastrichtian stages) of North America and Africa.[1] They were some of the most advanced pterosaurs, and possessed highly specialized cranial crests that may have served as sexual attraction, with males having a much larger crest.
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Skull specimen (AMNH 7515) of the pteranodontid Pteranodon longiceps | |
Skull cast of the nyctosaurid Nyctosaurus gracilis | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | †Pterosauria |
Suborder: | †Pterodactyloidea |
Clade: | †Pteranodontoidea |
Clade: | †Pteranodontia Marsh, 1887 |
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