Definition of Pteranodontia. Meaning of Pteranodontia. Synonyms of Pteranodontia

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word Pteranodontia. Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word Pteranodontia and, of course, Pteranodontia synonyms and on the right images related to the word Pteranodontia.

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)...
- 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...
- relationship between Pteranodon and Nyctosaurus, though he used the name Pteranodontia for the clade containing both genera. Both opinions were published before...
- relationship between Pteranodon and Nyctosaurus, and he used the name Pteranodontia for the clade containing both. Pteranodontids are primarily known from...
- Santanadactylus Pteranodontia...
- Ornithocheiromorpha  Pteranodontia ...
- Pteranodon is defined to be the most basal taxon. Although the clade name Pteranodontia usually applies to the clade exclusively formed by pteranodontids and...
- Santanadactylus Pteranodontia...