Pteranodontidae Fossil range: Mid-Late Cretaceous
Skeletal reconstruction of Pteranodon.
Scientific classification
Class	Sauropsida
Order	Pterosauria
Suborder	Pterodactyloidea
Family	Pteranodontidae Marsh, 1876
Genera	?Bogolubovia  ?Nyctosaurus Pteranodon (type) Ornithostoma  ?Muzquizopteryx
Synonyms	Ornithostomatidae Williston, 1893

Pteranodontidae is a family of large pterosaurs of the Cretaceous Period of North America. Many pteranodontids had a distinctive, elongated crest jutting from the rear of the head (most famously seen in Pteranodon itself). The spectacularly-crested Nyctosaurus is often included in this family, though originally placed in its own family, the Nyctosauridae (Williston, 1903).^{[citation needed]}

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