Pteranodon sternbergi
Pteranodon sternbergi is an extinct species of the pteranodontid pterodactyloid pterosaur genus Pteranodon from the Late Cretaceous geological period of North America. P. sternbergi was among the largest pterosaurs, with a wingspan of up to 6 metres (20 ft) in males. It has been argued that P. sternbergi should be classified in a separate genus, Geosternbergia, but this has not been followed by most other researchers.
| Pteranodon sternbergi Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, | |
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| Mounted female and male P. sternbergi skeletons at the Royal Ontario Museum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | †Pterosauria |
| Suborder: | †Pterodactyloidea |
| Family: | †Pteranodontidae |
| Genus: | †Pteranodon |
| Species: | †P. sternbergi |
| Binomial name | |
| †Pteranodon sternbergi Harksen, 1966 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Genus synonymy
Synonyms of G. sternbergi
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