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Pteranodon occidentalis Marsh, 1872 is a species of pteranodon, a genus of pterosaur or winged dinosaurs that appeared from the late Triassic period until the end of the Cretaceous period. Pteranodon occidentalis Marsh, 1872 was first described by the well-known paleontologist Othniel Charles Marsh. This specimen was collected in 1931 by paleontologist George F. Sternberg in Logan County, Kansas, United States and dates from the Cretaceous period.
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- Title: Pteranodon
- Location: Logan County, Kansas, United States
- Type: Fossil
- Rights: This image was obtained from the Smithsonian Institution. The image or its contents may be protected by international copyright laws. http://www.si.edu/termsofuse
- External Link: View this object record in the Smithsonian Institution Collections Search Center
- USNM Catalog Number(s): V12167
- Scientific Name: <i>Pteranodon occidentalis<i> Marsh, 1872
- Photo Credit: Michael Brett-Surman, Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History
- Geologic Age: Mesozoic - Cretaceous - Upper/Late - Santonian
- Field: Paleobiology
- Date Collected: 1931
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