Pterosaur (flying reptile)
Pteranodon
This is Pteranodon, a flying reptile that lived during the Late Cretaceous.
Look at its long toothless beak, the crest behind its head and its broad, outstretched wings.
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Meet this animal
- When it lived
- Late Cretaceous
- Fossil discovery regions
- North America (United States)
- Size
- 6–8 metres
- Diet
- Meat-eater
- Classification
- Pterosaur (flying reptile)
Pteranodon was a pterosaur, a flying reptile rather than a dinosaur. It had no teeth. Fossilised fish remains found in the stomach area show that fish were part of its diet, and the wingspans of larger specimens could exceed 6 metres.
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