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i've decided to do another nice bit of simple paleoart.
nothing too dramatic or anything....

basically it's Just a picture depict a heram of pteranodon (one male and four females in this case) enjoying the calm before the storm.
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*BASIC INFO*

Name: Pteranodon longiceps
Meaning: "Toothless wing"
Family group: Pterodactyloid pterosaur.
Diet: piscivore (feeding mainly of fish that live in the open ocean, occupying a niche similar to giant gannet or albatross)
Era: late Cretaceous (specially the campanian era, around 72 million years ago)
Size: Males: 5-6 ft tall (though the crest takes up almost 2 ft of that). Females: almost 3-3.5 ft tall.
Wingspan: Males: 6 meters. Females: 3 meters (half the size of the males)
Weight: roughly 50 or 70 pounds at most.
Habitat: Cliffside/offshore rookeries. but likely spent most of their time gliding over the sea.
Fossil's Locations: Kansas, Alabama, Nebraska, Wyoming, and South Dakota.
Discovered by: Othniel Charles Marsh in 1876
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one minor speculation I did with this picture was following the idea of pteranodon's having a VERY present sexual dimorphism, with the males pretty much TWICE the size of the females.
so I kinda imagined to myself a case that maybe pteranodon society had harems (like elephant seals but slightly less violent)

Description
i've decided to do another nice bit of simple paleoart.
nothing too dramatic or anything....

basically it's Just a picture depict a heram of pteranodon (one male and four females in this case) enjoying the calm before the storm.
----------------
*BASIC INFO*

Name: Pteranodon longiceps
Meaning: "Toothless wing"
Family group: Pterodactyloid pterosaur.
Diet: piscivore (feeding mainly of fish that live in the open ocean, occupying a niche similar to giant gannet or albatross)
Era: late Cretaceous (specially the campanian era, around 72 million years ago)
Size: Males: 5-6 ft tall (though the crest takes up almost 2 ft of that). Females: almost 3-3.5 ft tall.
Wingspan: Males: 6 meters. Females: 3 meters (half the size of the males)
Weight: roughly 50 or 70 pounds at most.
Habitat: Cliffside/offshore rookeries. but likely spent most of their time gliding over the sea.
Fossil's Locations: Kansas, Alabama, Nebraska, Wyoming, and South Dakota.
Discovered by: Othniel Charles Marsh in 1876
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one minor speculation I did with this picture was following the idea of pteranodon's having a VERY present sexual dimorphism, with the males pretty much TWICE the size of the females.
so I kinda imagined to myself a case that maybe pteranodon society had harems (like elephant seals but slightly less violent)