Genre

Valide Éteint

Pteranodon

Marsh 1876

Étymologie Aile édentée.Envergure

Pteranodon is a genus of pterosaur that included some of the largest known flying reptiles, with P. longiceps having a wingspan of over 6 m (20 ft). They lived during the late Cretaceous geological period of North America in present-day Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, South Dakota and Alabama. More fossil specimens of Pteranodon have been found than any other pterosaur, with about 1,200 specimens known to science, many of them well preserved with nearly complete skulls and articulated skeletons. It was an important part of the animal community in the Western Interior Seaway.

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Plage temporelle

Trias

Jurassique

Crétacé

Paléogène

Néogène

252 201 145 66 0 Ma

Occurrences PBDB

Groupe

Ptérosaures

Piscivore Volant Marin

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Mounted composite cast of Pteranodon longiceps (=P. ingens) at the American Museum of Natural History, New York. Photo credit Matt Martyniuk henteeth.com © Matt Martyniuk · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia

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Classification

Pterosauria Ordre

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Pterodactyloidea Sous-ordre

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Pteranodontia Clade non classé

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Pteranodon Genre

Mesures

Hauteur

2 m ⓘ

Masse

93 kg ⓘ

Envergure

7 m ⓘ

Sites de découverte 43 sites géolocalisés

Répartition

Principaux pays

🇺🇸 États-Unis

Formations géologiques

Niobrara

Pierre Shale

Merchantville

Sharon Springs

Distribution temporelle

Campanien (83.6–72.2 Ma)

Santonien (85.7–83.6 Ma)

Coniacien (89.8–85.7 Ma)

Espèces (13)

Ornithocheirus harpyia nomen dubium, species not entered Pteranodon 86 Ma

Ornithocheirus umbrosus nomen dubium, species not entered Pteranodon 90 Ma

Ornithochirus harpyia nomen dubium, species not entered Pteranodon

Pteranodon (Longicepia) marshi subjective synonym of Pteranodon longiceps 86 Ma

Pteranodon (Occidentalia) eatoni subjective synonym of Pteranodon sternbergi 90 Ma

Pteranodon (Sternbergia) walkeri subjective synonym of Pteranodon longiceps 86 Ma

Pteranodon comptus nomen dubium, species not entered Pteranodon 86 Ma

Pteranodon longiceps 86 Ma

Pteranodon sternbergi 90 Ma

Pterodactylus ingens nomen dubium, species not entered Pteranodon 86 Ma

Pterodactylus occidentalis nomen dubium, species not entered Pteranodon

Pterodactylus oweni nomen dubium, species not entered Pteranodon 86 Ma

Pterodactylus velox nomen dubium, species not entered Pteranodon 86 Ma

Synonymes (8)

Ornithocheirus harpyia nomen dubium, species not entered Pteranodon

Ornithocheirus umbrosus nomen dubium, species not entered Pteranodon

Ornithochirus harpyia nomen dubium, species not entered Pteranodon

Pteranodon comptus nomen dubium, species not entered Pteranodon

Pterodactylus ingens nomen dubium, species not entered Pteranodon

Pterodactylus occidentalis nomen dubium, species not entered Pteranodon

Pterodactylus oweni nomen dubium, species not entered Pteranodon

Pterodactylus velox nomen dubium, species not entered Pteranodon

Actualités 2

Inspirer les jeunes paléontologues – L’étonnante connaissance des animaux préhistoriques d’Alex

Allosauria Dinosauria Pteranodon Pterosauria Spinosauria

Mike et Sue, membres de l'équipe Everything Dinosaur, ont récemment accueilli un visiteur très spécial. Alex, neuf ans, a appelé sa mère, Lisa, pour parler des animaux préhistoriques. Alex a amené certaines de ses créatures préhistoriques préférées. Ceux-ci comprenaient Allosaurus, Spinosaurus, Deinosuchus et le célèbre ptérosaure Pteranodon. Bien qu’il n’ait que neuf ans, Alex a fait preuve de connaissances remarquables.

07/09/2026 everythingdinosaur ⚙ Traduction automatique

Geosternbergia : la bête de la semaine

fossile Geosternbergia Pteranodon Pterosauria taxonomie

Cette semaine, nous regardons un célèbre ptérosaure. Découvrez Geosternbergia sterngergi ! Je vais commencer cet article en soulignant que Geosternbergia est considérée comme simplement une espèce distincte au sein du genre Pteranodon, par de nombreux experts, ce qui donnerait son nom Pteranodon sternbergi. Ceci étant dit, puisque j'ai déjà fait un article sur Pteranodon longiceps, je choisis d'appeler ce ptérosaure Geosternbergia. (la taxonomie est compliquée et également sujette à changement, notamment avec les fossiles)

31/05/2026 prehistoricbeastoftheweek ⚙ Traduction automatique

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Bibliographie

Description originale

O. C. Marsh. 1876. Notice of a new sub-order of Pterosauria. American Journal of Science 11:507-509 DOI ↗

Bibliographie (17)

R. Starkey, M. Habib, and W. S. Persons. 2024. A pteranodontid wing with traces of extensive invertebrate scavenging from the Pierre Shale (Sharon Springs Member, Campanian–Maastrichtian), east central Wyoming (Niobrara County). Cretaceous Research 158:105837 DOI ↗

D. W. E. Hone, M. P. Witton, and M. B. Habib. 2018. Evidence for the Cretaceous shark Cretoxyrhina mantelli feeding on the pterosaur Pteranodon from the Niobrara Formation. PeerJ 6(e6031) DOI ↗

S. Bennet. 2017. New smallest specimen of the pterosaur Pteranodon and ontogenetic niches in pterosaurs. Cambridge Core DOI ↗

M. T. Carrano. 2011. Fossil Vertebrate Collections, Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History

M. J. Everhart. 2011. Rediscovery of the Hesperornis regalis Marsh 1871 holotype locality indicates an earlier stratigraphic occurrence. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 114(1-2):59-68 DOI ↗

J. Hargrave. 2007. Pteranodon (Reptilia: Pterosauria): stratigraphic distribution and taphonomy in the lower Pierre Shale Group (Campanian), western South Dakota and eastern Wyoming. Geological Society of America Special Paper 427:215-225 DOI ↗

S. C. Bennett. 1994. Taxonomy and systematics of the Late Cretaceous pterosaur Pteranodon (Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea). Occasional Papers of the Natural History Museum of the University of Kansas 169:1-70

S. C. Bennett. 1991. Morphology of the Late Cretaceous pterosaur Pteranodon and systematics of the Pterodactyloidea. University of Kansas.

E. O. Wiley and J. D. Stewart. 1981. Urenchelys abditus, new species, the first undoubted eel (Teleostei: Anguilliformes) from the Cretaceous of North America. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 1(1):43-47 DOI ↗

H. W. Miller. 1971. The taxonomy of the Pteranodon species from Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 74(1):1-19 DOI ↗

H. W. Miller. 1971. A skull of Pteranodon (Longicepia) longiceps Marsh associated with wing and body bones. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 74(1):20-33 DOI ↗

J. C. Harksen. 1966. Pteranodon sternbergi, a new fossil pterodactyl from the Niobrara Cretaceous of Kansas. Proceedings of the South Dakota Academy of Science 45:74-77

G. F. Sternberg and M. V. Walker. 1958. Observation of articulated limb bones of a recently discovered Pteranodon in the Niobrara Cretaceous of Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 61(1):81-85 DOI ↗

L. M. Lambe. 1914. Report of the vertebrate palaeontologist. Summary Report of the Geological Survey Department of Mines for the Calendar Year 1912 1305:397-403 DOI ↗

O. C. Marsh. 1876. Notice of a new sub-order of Pterosauria. American Journal of Science 11:507-509 DOI ↗

E. D. Cope. 1872. On two new ornithosaurians from Kansas. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 12:420-422

O. C. Marsh. 1872. Discovery of additional remains of Pterosauria, with descriptions of two new species. American Journal of Science, Series 3 3:241-248 DOI ↗

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