Geosternbergia sternbergi Harksen, 1966

(Da: en.wikipedia.org)
Phylum: Chordata Haeckel, 1874
Subphylum: Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812
Classe: Reptilia Laurenti, 1768
Ordine: Pterosauria Kaup, 1834
Famiglia: Pteranodontidae Marsh, 1876
Genere: Geosternbergia Marsh, 1876
Descrizione
Insieme all'affine Pteranodon è stato uno dei più grandi pterosauri mai vissuti con un'apertura alare fino a 7,25 metri.
Diffusione
Rettile volante estinto, vissuto nel Tardo Cretaceo in quello che è oggi l'attuale Nord America.
Bibliografia
–Zimmerman, H., Preiss, B., and Sovak, J. (2001). Beyond the Dinosaurs!: sky dragons, sea monsters, mega-mammals, and other prehistoric beasts, Simon and Schuster.
–Kellner, A.W.A., Comments on the Pteranodontidae (Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea) with the description of two new species (PDF), in Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, vol. 82, n. 4, 2010, pp. 1063-1084.
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–Bennett, S.C., Sexual dimorphism of Pteranodon and other pterosaurs, with comments on cranial crests, in Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, vol. 12, n. 4, 1992, pp. 422-434.
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–Bennett, S.C., Taxonomy and systematics of the Late Cretaceous pterosaur Pteranodon (Pterosauria, Pterodactyloida), in Occasional Papers of the Natural History Museum, University of Kansas, vol. 169, 1994, pp. 1-70.
–Martin-Silverstone, E., Glasier, J., Acorn, J., Mohr, S., and Currie, P. 2017. Reassesment of Dawndraco kanzai Kellner, 2010 and reassignment of the type specimen to Pteranodon sternbergi Harksen, 1966. Vertebrate Anatomy Morphology Palaeontology, 3: 47-59.
–Bennett, S.C., The osteology and functional morphology of the Late Cretaceous pterosaur Pteranodon. General description of osteology, in Palaeontographica, Abteilung A, vol. 260, 2001, pp. 1-112.
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Data: 22/04/1995
Emissione: Dinosauri Stato: Palau Nota: Emesso in un minifoglio di 18 v. diversi |
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