Pteranodon Wing Bone | Gove County, Kansas meteorite • Rüdiger Birenheide

• Rüdiger Birenheide

Heart approx

This process occurs over thousands of years

and bore live young

It was discovered in 1906 near the village of Kitkiöjärvi in northern Sweden

Pteranodon Wing Bone | Gove County, Kansas meteorite • Rüdiger BirenheidePteranodon 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