Nyctosaurus
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| Nyctosaurus Temporal range: Upper Cretaceous |
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| Artist's impression of the crest | |
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Fossil
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Sauropsida |
| Order: | Pterosauria |
| Suborder: | Pterodactyloidea |
| Family: | Pteranodontidae |
| Genus: | Nyctosaurus Marsh, 1876 |
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N. lamegoi |
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Nyctodactylus Marsh, 1881 |
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Nyctosaurus was a pterosaur from the Upper Cretaceous. It had a wing span of 1 meter and a very big crest. It was in the Pterodactyloidea and related to Pteranodon.
