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