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Pteranodontidae

Pteranodontidae
Fossil range: Mid-Late Cretaceous
Pteronodon2.jpg
Skeletal reconstruction of Pteranodon.
Scientific classification

Class

Sauropsida

Order

Pterosauria

Suborder

Pterodactyloidea

Family

Pteranodontidae
Marsh, 1876

Genera

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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