Late Cretaceous Pterosaurs
The Late Cretaceous period was the last of the Mesozoic ages, terminating in a mass extinction at about 65 million years ago. This age saw the largest of the pterosaurs and some species have been found world wide. The United Kingdom main stages for this period are as follows.
The Late Cretaceous Stages in the United Kingdom are essentially the Chalk of Southern England. There are a good variety of pterosaur remains of species like Ornithocheirus and Ornithostoma. Other species are known from fragmentary evidence.
World wide, the large pterosaurs like the Pteranodontids and Azhdarchids are widely found along with many other smaller species. By the last part of the Late Cretaceous, only the largest pterosaurs are found in the fossil record.
The position of the continents about 70ma ago.
Azhdarchidae
Ctenochasmidae
Unwindia trigonus |
Nyctosauridae
Alcione elainus |
Barbaridactylus grandis |
Nyctosaurus gracilis |
Nyctosaurus nanus |
Nyctosaurus lamegoi |
Nyctosaurus bonneri |
Nyctosaurus sp. - Bifurcated crest |
Muzquizopteryx coahuilensis |
Simurghia robusta |
Ornithocheiridae
Lonchodectes compressirostris |
Lonchodectes giganteus |
Anhanguera fittoni |
Ornithocheirus hlavaci |
Aetodactylus halli |
Piksi barbarulna |
Pteranodontidae
Cimolipterus cuvieri |
Ornithostoma sedgwicki |
Pteranodon longiceps |
Pteranodon sternbergi |
Pteranodon maiseyi |
Dawndraco kanzai |
Pteranodon sp. - Japan |
Pteranodon sp - Lebanon |
Track ways and Ichnites
Haenamichnus uhangriensis |
Pteraichnus species - Blackhawk Fmn |
Pteraichnus species - North Horn Fmn |
Agadirichnus elegans |