Definition of Pteranodontia. Meaning of Pteranodontia. Synonyms of Pteranodontia

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Definition of Pteranodontia

Pteranodontia
Pteranodontia Pte*ran`o*don"ti*a, n. pl. [NL.] (Paleon.) A group of pterodactyls destitute of teeth, as in the genus Pteranodon.

Meaning of Pteranodontia from wikipedia

- Pteranodontia is an extinct group of ornithocheiroid pterodactyloid pterosaurs. It lived during the Late Cretaceous (Turonian to Maastrichtian stages)...
- Pteranodon is part of the family Pteranodontidae, part of the clade Pteranodontia, which also includes nyctosaurids. Pteranodontians form a larger clade...
- showing the phylogenetic placement of this genus within the clade Pteranodontia. Two species of Nyctosaurus (N. gracilis and "N." lamegoi) were included...
- specialist. Among pterodactyloids, a greater variation in diet is present. Pteranodontia contained many piscivorous taxa, such as the Ornithocheirae, Boreopteridae...
- Santanadactylus Pteranodontia...
- Santanadactylus Pteranodontia...
- Santanadactylus Pteranodontia...
- relationship between Pteranodon and Nyctosaurus, and he used the name Pteranodontia for the clade containing both. Pteranodontids are primarily known from...
- Ornithocheiromorpha Pteranodontia...
- relationship between Pteranodon and Nyctosaurus, though he used the name Pteranodontia for the clade containing both genera. Both opinions were published before...