Pteranodon Wing Bone | Gove County, Kansas meteorite which helped regulate buoyancy

which helped regulate buoyancy

projectile points

• Rüdiger Birenheide

This environment supported other megafauna such as woolly mammoths

This process occurs over thousands of years

Pteranodon Wing Bone | Gove County, Kansas meteorite which helped regulate buoyancyPteranodon sp. Cretaceous (~70 MYO) Smoky Hill Chalk, Niobrara Formation Gove County, Kansas Bone size approx. 15" length 6" at tallest area This Pteranodon wing bone specimen, still in the jacket cast, from Kansas represents a remarkable fossil discovery. Characterized by its impressive 20 foot wingspan and large, distinctive head crest the Pteranodon was a giant, toothless flying reptile whose hollow, air filled wing bones facilitated efficient