Species
Valid Extinct

Nyctosaurus nanus

(Marsh 1881)

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Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Ptérosaures
Piscivore Volant Marine
Classification
Pterosauria Order
Pterodactyloidea Suborder
Nyctosaurus Genus
Nyctosaurus nanus Species
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇺🇸 United States
1
Geological formations
Temporal distribution
Coniacian (89.8–85.7 Ma)
1
Bibliography
Original description
O. C. Marsh. 1881. Note on American pterodactyls. American Journal of Science 31:342-343 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
S. C. Bennett. 1991. Morphology of the Late Cretaceous pterosaur Pteranodon and systematics of the Pterodactyloidea. University of Kansas.