Tag Archive for 'Pteranodon'

Yang et al. show that large-bodied pterosaurs, such as the giant pterosaur Pteranodon (shown here), probably practiced parental care. Image credit: James Robins / UCC.

Large-Bodied Pterosaurs Were Caring Parents, Paleontologists Say

Jul 19, 2023 by News Staff

To be able to fly soon after hatching from the egg, a bird or pterosaur must have well-developed wings. Studies of small-bodies pterosaur species from...

An artist’s rendition of Quetzalcoatlus northropi. Image credit: James Kuether.

Quetzalcoatlus and Other Giant Pterosaurs were Short-Range Flyers, Study Suggests

May 20, 2022 by News Staff

With a 11 to 12-m wingspan, Quetzalcoatlus is the largest flying organism ever known and one of the most familiar pterosaurs to the public. First discovered...

Life reconstruction of a c. 8.2 foot (2.5 m) long breaching Cretoxyrhina mantelli biting the neck of a 16.4 foot (5 m) wingspan Pteranodon longiceps. The predatory behavior of this scene is speculative with respect to the data offered by the 80-million-year-old specimen, but reflects the fact that Cretoxyrhina is generally considered a predatory species, the vast weight advantage of the shark against the pterosaur, and the juvenile impulse of the artist to draw an explosive predatory scene. Image credit: Mark Witton.

Fossil Clue Found to Ancient Clash between Shark and Pteranodon

Dec 20, 2018 by News Staff

In a paper in the journal PeerJ, paleontologists report finding a shark tooth embedded in an 80-million-year-old cervical vertebra of the large flying...