pteranodon
Cretaceous winged reptile
A pteranodon is a large flying reptile that lived during the Late Cretaceous period, distinguished by its toothless beak and prominent bony crest extending from the back of its skull.
Though often grouped with dinosaurs in popular imagination, pteranodons were pterosaurs—a separate order of reptiles.
With wingspans reaching over twenty feet, they were among the largest flying animals ever to exist.
Age of Reptiles
- KansasCentral American plains state
- chalkSoft sedimentary writing stone
- ammonitesExtinct coiled-shell cephalopods
- mosasaursPrehistoric marine lizards
plesiosaurs · marine · seaway · extinction · fish-eater · coastal · prehistoric · ancient
Ruling reptile clade member
Highest point or tuft
pelvis · sternum · keel · vertebrae · forelimb · lightweight · pneumatic · keratinous
Rising effortlessly upward
- glidingEngineless aerial movement
- thermalsWarm air columns
- wingspanTip-to-tip extent
- aerodynamicsPhysics of air motion
airborne · membrane · flapping · launch · landing · altitude · maneuverability · keel
Preserved ancient organism
- excavationAct of unearthing
- specimenIndividual for examination
- discoveryAct of finding something
- skeletonInternal supportive framework
reconstruction · museum · classification · taxonomy · stratigraphy · sedimentation · preservation · quarry
Factual film about reality
- illustrationPicture explaining something
- paleoartImagery of vanished species
- toyObject for amusement
- modelRepresentation or paradigm
Mesozoic
Age of Reptiles
- KansasCentral American plains state
- chalkSoft sedimentary writing stone
- ammonitesExtinct coiled-shell cephalopods
mosasaurs · plesiosaurs · marine · seaway · extinction · fish-eater · coastal · prehistoric · ancient
archosaur
Ruling reptile clade member
crest
Highest point or tuft
membrane · pelvis · sternum · keel · vertebrae · forelimb · lightweight · pneumatic · keratinous
soaring
Rising effortlessly upward
aerodynamics · airborne · membrane · flapping · launch · landing · altitude · maneuverability · keel · aerial
fossil
Preserved ancient organism
- excavationAct of unearthing
- specimenIndividual for examination
- discoveryAct of finding something
skeleton · reconstruction · museum · classification · taxonomy · stratigraphy · sedimentation · preservation · quarry · fieldwork
documentary
Factual film about reality
- illustrationPicture explaining something
- paleoartImagery of vanished species
- toyObject for amusement
model · misidentified · sci-fi · animation
- Extinct Animalsdinosaur, dinosaurs, tyrannosaurus, dodo, mammoth
- fossilsdinosaur bones, ammonite, amber, ammonites, fossils
- Jurassic ParkJurassic Park, Jurassic World, T-Rex, velociraptor, dinosaurs
- archosaursarchosaurs, dinosaurs, dinosaur, birds, bird
- pterosaurspterodactyls
pteranodonplesiosaur
Extinct marine reptile
mosasaur · ichthyosaur · marine reptile · sea serpent · burrowing animal
pteranodondinosaur
Extinct Mesozoic reptile
tyrannosaurus · triceratops · velociraptor · theropod · sauropod