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Pteranodon

Jane Lockery · 2018 · Vertebrate Paleontology specimen photograph (FossilSpecimen)

From the collection of Yale Peabody Museum. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Type status: hypodigm. Geological context: Cretaceous, Niobrara Fm. Collection locality: Wallace County, Kansas, USA. Collected by Samuel W. Williston, S. W. Williston & party 1877 (Kansas Expedition), 1877-05-20. humerus fragments; partial metacarpal IV; distal end metacarpal IV; proximal end phalanx 1 digit IV; carpals; scapulocoracoid fragments; phalanges fragments, etc.; VP number 2553; lot count 1; accn=YPM.00966.

Yale Peabody Museum’s own description

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Vertebrate Paleontology FossilSpecimen hypodigm Animalia Chordata Reptilia Pterosauria Ornithocheiridae Pteranodon pterosaurs Reptiles vertebrates

Credit linePteranodon (YPM VP 002553). Photograph by Jane Lockery. Yale Peabody Museum, Vertebrate Paleontology. CC0.

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