85 million years ago a dinosaur named the pteranodon came to life. Named by Othniel C. Marsh in 1876, the pteranodon was an exceptional flying dinosaur. It’s name, meaning “winged and toothless,” was for the most part self explanatory. It was a flying dinosaur with a very wide wingspan and no teeth.
Did you know that the pteranodon wing-span is longer than that of any known bird? It had a crest on its head, no teeth at all, and a very short tail.
Despite what many people still think, modern birds didn't descend from pterosaurs like pteranodon, but from the small, two-legged theropod dinosaurs of the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, many of which were covered with feathers. In 1860 the first bones of a pteranodon were discovered. Scientists were baffled because it wasn't a bird or a dinosaur, but it was closely related to a dinosaur. It evolved from a common ancestor in the late Cretaceous period (85-75 million years ago). …show more content…
A pteranodon had hollow and thin-walled bones, therefore, when attacked, they were usually crushed flat. Although pteranodons’ bones were thin, their wingspan would spread to about 25-33 ft long and their standing height could get up to 6ft tall. They had incomplete skeletons, which made it necessary to take bones from several specimens in order to reconstruct a pteranodon.
Did you know that no one actually knows how a pteranodon used it’s skull crest? Scientists have theories but no evidence on its
Did you know that the pteranodon wing-span is longer than that of any known bird? It had a crest on its head, no teeth at all, and a very short tail.
Despite what many people still think, modern birds didn't descend from pterosaurs like pteranodon, but from the small, two-legged theropod dinosaurs of the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, many of which were covered with feathers. In 1860 the first bones of a pteranodon were discovered. Scientists were baffled because it wasn't a bird or a dinosaur, but it was closely related to a dinosaur. It evolved from a common ancestor in the late Cretaceous period (85-75 million years ago). …show more content…
A pteranodon had hollow and thin-walled bones, therefore, when attacked, they were usually crushed flat. Although pteranodons’ bones were thin, their wingspan would spread to about 25-33 ft long and their standing height could get up to 6ft tall. They had incomplete skeletons, which made it necessary to take bones from several specimens in order to reconstruct a pteranodon.
Did you know that no one actually knows how a pteranodon used it’s skull crest? Scientists have theories but no evidence on its