- and Africa. The
family was
named in 1876 by
Othniel Charles Marsh.
Pteranodontids had a distinctive,
elongated crest jutting from the rear of the head...
- but
recent studies indicate a
wealth of
pterosaurian fauna,
including pteranodontids, nyctosaurids,
tapejarids and
several indeterminate forms. Azhdarchids...
-
argued that the
differences in the
snout were more
likely due to male
pteranodontids having longer,
broader bills than the more
complete female specimens...
- been
present during the Maastrichtian, such as the ornithocheirids,
pteranodontids, a
possible tapejarid, a
possible thal****odromid and a
basal toothed...
-
several taxa from Morocco)
nyctosaurs date to this period, as do a few
pteranodontids, and Navajodactylus,
tentatively ****igned to Azhdarchidae,
lacks any...
-
Quetzalcoatlus might have had a fish-eating (piscivorous)
lifestyle like
pteranodontids. The Big Bend site
where the
holotype was
discovered is
roughly 250 mi...
- Wellnhofer. Two species, P.
oregonensis and P. orientalis, are not
pteranodontids and have been
renamed Bennettazhia oregonensis and
Bogolubovia orientalis...
- such as
these can only be seen in two
other groups of pterosaurs: the
pteranodontids and the azhdarchids.
Another feature that
Nyctosaurus had in common...
- sea.
Though primarily represented by azhdarchids,
other forms like
pteranodontids,
tapejarids (Caiuajara and Bakonydraco),
nyctosaurids and uncertain...
-
habits of nine
selected species. The
study corroborated the view of
pteranodontids,
nyctosaurids and
anhanuerids as
piscivores based on them
being relatively...
