Pteranodon (Pteranodon ingnes) – the extinct animal

Pteranodon (Greek for “toothless wings”) is an extinct genus of flying pterosaur reptiles belonging to the suborder Pterodactylus. It lived in the Upper Cretaceous period, approximately 86–84.5 million years ago. Its first fossils were discovered in 1870. in western Kansas. They were only studied six years later by palaeontologist Othniel Marsh, who named the newly discovered pterosaur Pteranodon longiceps. Pteranodon was a reptile, but not a dinosaur - by definition, all dinosaurs belong to the Saurischia and Ornithischia groups, which pterosaurs do not belong to. Despite this, it is often incorrectly described as a dinosaur. Size: Wingspan: up to 7 m, weight: 20 kg. Pteranodon was one of the largest flying reptiles. Although, its body was no larger, than a turkey, it had powerful wings, the wingspan of which could reach up to 7 m. Distribution: North America. Pteranodon fed almost exclusively on fish, as evidenced by the numerous fossilized fish bones found, where the reptile's stomach probably once was. Its lifestyle was probably similar to that of modern albatrosses. Like them, the pteranodon spent most of its life at sea, fishing and, like albatrosses, gliding using air currents, which allowed it to fly long distances without wasting energy on flapping its wings. It probably only returned to land to breed.

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