What is Nyctosaurus?
{{Taxobox |color = lightblue |image= Nyctosaurus DB.jpg | image_width = 250px | image_caption = Artist's impression of the crest |name = ''Nyctosaurus'' |status = fossil |fossil_range = [[Upper Cretaceous]] |regnum = [[Animal]]ia |phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] |classis = [[Reptile|Sauropsida]] |ordo = [[Pterosaur]]ia |subordo = [[Pterodactyloidea]] |familia = [[Pteranodontidae]] |genus = '''''Nyctosaurus''''' |genus_authority = [[Othniel Charles Marsh|Marsh]], 1876 |subdivision_ranks = Species |subdivision = ''N. lamegoi''<br/> ''N. gracilis'' |synonyms = ''Nyctodactylus'' <small>[[Othniel Charles Marsh|Marsh]], 1881</small> }} '''''Nyctosaurus''''' was a [[pterosaur]] from the [[Upper Cretaceous]]. It had a [[wing]] span of 1 [[metre|meter]] and a very big crest. It was in the Pterodactyloidea and related to ''[[Pteranodon]]''. [[File:Dinosaurs at CMNH 49.JPG|thumb|left|230px|Specimen at the Carnegie Museum]] {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Pterosaurs]]