Pteranodon Chick on a Ledge and other Pteranodon drawings to color

Pteranodon Chick on a Ledge

(only new drawing on this post)

Pteranodon is a Genus of Pterosaurs that lived in the late Cretaceous Period.  This animal was a GENUS so that means that there were several species.  Some species of Pteranodon had a huge wingspan of up to 26 feet or about 8 meters.  Thew were very successful we think because we have found over 1000 specimens.  Not all are complete but fossilization actually is very rare in nature. . . so the fact that over 1000 were found tells us that Pteranodon wasa  VERY successful  Genus.

It is thought that like Eagles, Pteranodons at primarily fish.  They had a spear-like mouth and possibly a sharp beak at the end of the mouth... and they had no teeth so they swallowed the fish whole.  They are well recognized by most people because they are often depicted in drawings or movies about T. rex and the Cretaceous Period.  Most if not all Pteranodon species seem to have lived near the sea.

I have said this before, but I will remind you that Pterosaurs did NOT evolve into birds.  Pterosaurs went extinct with the large dinosaurs.  Also, Pterosaurs are NOT flying dinosaurs.  Pterosaurs are or were flying reptiles.

This drawing is done from a toy baby Pteranodon.  The toy is owned by one of our Nephew's kids.  It was kind of cute so I drew it.  You will see that the toy had teeth but as far as I currently know they have not found teeth on any Pternodons.  So I did not include teeth in the drawing.  In fact, the name Pteranodon means winged and toothless.  Someone told me that they have found a toothed species of Pteranodon, but I have not yet been able to confirm that fact.

IF you wondered about the flowers and grass.  Recent discoveries have shown that both flowers and grass were very common in the Late Cretaceous Period.

The above drawing is meant for younger children to color

Pteranodon Chick Toy



Here, below this line... are a few more older drawings of Pteranodon.  The printable versions are found by clicking on the buttons at the top of the page.  Remember that the NEW drawing is found at the Paleontology Button and at the bottom of  the Cretaceous list.  

Pteranodon evading Tylosaurus

Pteranodon fishing

Pteranoson T. rex and Triceratops friends
(for young children to color)