Nyctosaurus

Nyctosaurus
Temporal range: Upper Cretaceous
Artist's impression of the crest
Fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Sauropsida
Order:
Pterosauria
Suborder:
Pterodactyloidea
Family:
Pteranodontidae
Genus:
Nyctosaurus

Marsh, 1876
Species

N. lamegoi
N. gracilis

Synonyms

Nyctodactylus Marsh, 1881

Nyctosaurus was a pterosaur from the Upper Cretaceous. It had a wing span of 1 meter and a very big crest. It was in the Pterodactyloidea and related to Pteranodon.


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