which, during the time Nyctosaurus was alive, was covered in an extensive shallow sea. Some remains belonging to a possible Nyctosaurus species called "N."...

again into a separate genus, which he named Nyctosaurus. P. nanus was also later recognized as a Nyctosaurus specimen. In 1892, Samuel Williston examined...

of Nyctosaurus. In a 2024 phylogenetic analysis, Barbaridactylus was recovered as the sister taxon of Muzquiopteryx outside of the genus Nyctosaurus, and...

David Unwin did indicate a close relationship between Pteranodon and Nyctosaurus, though he used the name Pteranodontia for the clade containing both...

toothy beak. Ichthyornis shared the sky with large pterosaurs such as Nyctosaurus and Pteranodon. Pteranodon fossils are very common; it was probably a...

findings suggest a fairly composite pterosaur diversity: at least six ("Nyctosaurus" lamegoi, a Mexican humerus, a Jordan humerus and several taxa from Morocco)...

skull, a form of display taken to extremes in giant-crested forms like Nyctosaurus and Tupandactylus. Pterodactyloids were the last surviving pterosaurs...

phylogenetic definition by David Unwin as the common ancestor of Pteranodon and Nyctosaurus plus all its descendants. Though Marsh had originally named this group...

also occur, as in the theropod dinosaur Vespersaurus. The pterosaur Nyctosaurus retained only the wing finger on the forelimb, rendering it also partially...

(most famously seen in Pteranodon itself). The spectacularly-crested Nyctosaurus is sometimes included in this family, though usually placed in its own...

Barbaridactylus. The type species is S. robusta. A possible second species, S. ("Nyctosaurus") lamegoi, is known from the Campanian-Maastrichtian age strata of Brazil...

suggested for other monofenestratans (i.e. Darwinopterus, Anhanguera and Nyctosaurus). Based on the limb morphology of Q. lawsoni, related azhdarchids such...

Alcione Epapatelo Simurghia Nyctosauridae Barbaridactylus Muzquizopteryx Nyctosaurus...

went on land, with Nyctosaurus being a probably fully pelagic animal. Pteranodon probably foraged on the ocean surface, while Nyctosaurus was a frigatebird-like...

with an estimated length of 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) based on comparisons with Nyctosaurus and Anhanguera, making it one of the largest skulls among non-marine...

pterosaurs from this group include the pteranodontians Pteranodon and Nyctosaurus, the ornithocheirid Ornithocheirus, the anhanguerid Tropeognathus, as...

daughter A. J. Buckley as Nash, Butch's son Steve Zahn as Thunderclap, a Nyctosaurus and the leader of a gang of pterodactyls Mandy Freund as Downpour, a...

Hesperornis also made its home there. The pterosaurs Pteranodon and Nyctosaurus, and the bird Ichthyornis, are also known far from land. Paleontology...

very own wings. 97 8 "King and Crystal Play Red Rock" Craig Bartlett Nyctosaurus March 31, 2020 (2020-03-31) "Cryolophosaurus Crest Station" (Jurassic...

dinosaur who was Gunther's pet in the episode "Evergreen". Thunderclap Nyctosaurus The Good Dinosaur Mr. Gus Tyrannosaurus rex Uncle Grandpa A green male...

structure, the most expansive of which is shown by the Tapejaridae. Nyctosaurus sported a bizarre antler-like crest. The crests were only a few millimetres...

Alcione Epapatelo Simurghia Nyctosauridae Barbaridactylus Muzquizopteryx Nyctosaurus...

39 valid pterosaur species, although Rhamphorhynchus longicaudus and Nyctosaurus bonneri are usually considered to be synonymous with R. muensteri and...

Alcione Epapatelo Simurghia Nyctosauridae Barbaridactylus Muzquizopteryx Nyctosaurus...

Alcione Epapatelo Simurghia Nyctosauridae Barbaridactylus Muzquizopteryx Nyctosaurus...

Alcione Epapatelo Simurghia Nyctosauridae Barbaridactylus Muzquizopteryx Nyctosaurus...

of Epapatelo shares similarity with that of Tethydraco and other non-Nyctosaurus pteranodontoids, and recovered Tethydraco as a pteranodontian closely...

Nyctosaurus nanus Nyctosaurus gracilis...

into a separate genus which he named Nyctosaurus, and the species P. nanus was soon recognized as a Nyctosaurus specimen as well, this is due to the synapomorphies...

Alcione Epapatelo Simurghia Nyctosauridae Barbaridactylus Muzquizopteryx Nyctosaurus...