Pterosauria - Pterodactyloidea - Scalmognatha - Nyctosauridae
Nyctosauridae
Family: Nyctosauridae Nicholson & Lydekker, 1889 = Nyctodactylinae Williston, 1897 = Nyctosaurinae F. Plieninger, 1907
Genusame: Nyctosaurus
Speciesname: bonneri
Describer: Miller, 1972
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Info: Genus: Nyctosaurus Marsh, 1876 = Nyctisaurus Marsh, 1880 [sic] = Nyctodactylus Marsh, 1881 = Nytosaurus Miller, 1972 [sic]
Nyctosaurus bonneri is probably a junior subjective synonym of Nyctosaurus gracilis (Bennett, 1991, 1994).
N. bonneri = Pteranodon (Nyctosaurus) bonneri Miller, 1972 = Pteranodon bonneri (Miller, 1972) Miller, 1972 = Nyctosaurus sternbergi Bonner, 1964 vide Miller, 1972 [nomen manuscriptum]
Genusame: Nyctosaurus
Speciesname: gracilis
Describer: Marsh, 1876
Distribution: Niobrara Formation, western Kansas, US
Timeperiod: Santonian, Late Cretaceous
Size: Skull length = 30 cm. Wingspan = 2.9 m.
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Info: Genus: Nyctosaurus Marsh, 1876 = Nyctisaurus Marsh, 1880 [sic] = Nyctodactylus Marsh, 1881 = Nytosaurus Miller, 1972 [sic]
N. gracilis = Pteranodon gracilis Marsh, 1876 = Nyctodactylus gracilis (Marsh, 1876) Marsh, 1881 = Pteranodon (Nyctosaurus) gracilis (Marsh, 1876) Miller, 1972 = Pteranodon comptus Marsh, 1876 [nomen dubium; in part] = Nyctosaurus leptodactylus Williston, 1903 = Pteranodon (Nytosaurus) gracilis Miller, 1972 [sic]
(Nyctosaurus gracilis = night reptile) Nyctosaurus was a long-winged, toothless pterosaur with a long, sharp snout.
Genusame: Nyctosaurus
Speciesname: lamegoi
Describer: Price, 1953
Distribution: Brazil
Timeperiod: Late Cretaceous
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Info: Genus: Nyctosaurus Marsh, 1876 = Nyctisaurus Marsh, 1880 [sic] = Nyctodactylus Marsh, 1881 = Nytosaurus Miller, 1972 [sic]
N. lamegoi = Nyctodactylus lamegoi (Price, 1953) Kuhn, 1961 = Pteranodon (Nyctosaurus) lamegoi (Price, 1953) Miller, 1972
Genusame: Nyctosaurus
Speciesname: nanus
Describer: (Marsh, 1881) Schoch, 1984
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Info: Genus: Nyctosaurus Marsh, 1876 = Nyctisaurus Marsh, 1880 [sic] = Nyctodactylus Marsh, 1881 = Nytosaurus Miller, 1972 [sic]
Nyctosaurus nanus = Pteranodon nanus Marsh, 1881