What is Pteranodon?
{{italictitle}} {{Automatic taxobox | taxon = Pteranodon | fossil_range = <br>[[Late Cretaceous]], {{Fossil range|86|84.5|earliest=88|latest=80}} | image =Pteranodon amnh martyniuk.jpg | image_caption = Mounted replica of an adult male ''P. longiceps'' skeleton, [[AMNH]] | parent_authority = [[Othniel Charles Marsh|Marsh]], 1876 | type_species = {{extinct}}'''''Pteranodon longiceps''''' | type_species_authority = Marsh, 1876 | subdivision_ranks = Other [[species]] | subdivision = * {{extinct}}''[[Pteranodon sternbergi|P. sternbergi]]''? <small>[[John Christian Harksen|Harksen]], 1966</small> | synonyms = * ''Occidentalia'' <small>[[Halsey Wilkinson Miller|Miller]], 1972</small> * ''[[Geosternbergia]]''? <small>Miller, 1978</small> * ''Longicepia'' <small>Miller, 1978</small> * ''[[Dawndraco]]''? <small>[[Alexander Kellner|Kellner]], 2010</small> }} '''''Pteranodon''''' was a large [[pterosaur]] from the [[Upper Cretaceous]] period. About 1200 partial skeletons have been found, more than any other pterosaur. It lived in the area of the [[Western Interior Seaway]].<ref>Bennett S.C. 2000. Inferring stratigraphic position of fossil vertebrates from the Niobrara Chalk of western Kansas. Current Research in Earth Sciences: ''Kansas Geological Survey Bulletin'', '''244''' (Part 1): 26 pp.</ref><ref name=bennett1994niobrara>> Bennett S.C. 1994. The pterosaurs of the Niobrara chalk. ''The Earth Scientist'' '''11''' (1): 22–25.</ref> [[Fossil]] ''Pteranodon'' have been found in [[Kansas]], [[Alabama]], [[Nebraska]], [[Wyoming]], and [[South Dakota]]. ==Appearance== With its [[wing]]s open it was up to 7 [[metre|meters]] across.<ref name=bennett1994niobrara/> ''Pteranodon'' might have lived much like an [[albatross]], spending a lot of time over the ocean, looking for fish. It had no [[teeth]] in its long [[mouth]], and it had a small [[pouch]] like a [[pelican]] at the back of its [[jaw]]. ''Pteranodon'' had a big crest at the back of its [[head]]. ''Pteranodon longiceps'' had a straight crest that went backwards, and ''