PTERANODON & ELASMOSAURUS
(A LOST OCEAN'S STORM)
(A LOST OCEAN'S STORM)
Scientific Name:
Pteranodon longiceps (meaning "Long Headed Toothless Wing")
Year Of Naming:
1876
Family:
Pteranodontinae, Pteranodontidae, Pterodactyloidea, Pterosauria
Size:
5.6 meters (18 ft) (males) in wingspan, 3.8 meters (12 ft) (females) in wingspan
Discovery & Time Period:
Niobrara Formation & Pierre Shale, Kansas, South Dakota & Wyoming, United States
Late Cretaceous (Santonian), 86 - 84.5 mya (possible early Campanian record)
Scientific Name:
Elasmosaurus platyurus (meaning "Flat-Tailed Thin-Plate Reptile")
Year Of Naming:
1868
Family:
Elasmosaurinae, Elasmosauridae, Plesiosauria, Sauropterygia, Reptilia
Size:
10.3 meters (34 ft)
Discovery & Time Period:
Pierre Shale, Fort Wallace, Kansas, United States
Late Cretaceous (Campanian), 80.5 mya
Date Of Release:
July 19th, 2018
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