Species
Valid Extinct

Pteranodon longiceps

(Marsh 1876)

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Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
23
Group
Ptérosaures
Piscivore Volant Marine
Classification
Pterosauria Order
Pterodactyloidea Suborder
Pteranodontia Unranked clade
Pteranodon Genus
Pteranodon longiceps Species
Fossil sites 23 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇺🇸 United States
23
Geological formations
Sharon Springs
1
Temporal distribution
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
15
Santonian (85.7–83.6 Ma)
8
Synonyms (2)
Pteranodon (Longicepia) marshi subjective synonym of Pteranodon longiceps
Pteranodon (Sternbergia) walkeri subjective synonym of Pteranodon longiceps
Bibliography
Original description
O. C. Marsh. 1876. Notice of a new sub-order of Pterosauria. American Journal of Science 11:507-509 DOI ↗
Bibliography (7)
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 ↗
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.
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 ↗
H. W. Miller. 1971. The taxonomy of the Pteranodon species from Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 74(1):1-19 DOI ↗
O. C. Marsh. 1876. Notice of a new sub-order of Pterosauria. American Journal of Science 11:507-509 DOI ↗