Nyctosaurus

Nyctosaurus; Temporal range: Upper Cretaceous
	Artist's impression of the crest
Conservation status
	Fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Sauropsida
Order:	Pterosauria
Suborder:	Pterodactyloidea
Family:	Pteranodontidae
Genus:	Nyctosaurus; Marsh, 1876
Species
	N. lamegoi; N. gracilis
Synonyms
	Nyctodactylus Marsh, 1881

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Nyctosaurus was a pterosaur from the Upper Cretaceous. It had a wing span of 1 meter and a very big crest. It was in the Pterodactyloidea and related to Pteranodon.

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