They laid an estimate of six eggs and their young was able to fly at an early age, but it seemed to be limited so the juveniles could not hunt for themselves, requiring an adult to fetch them their food.

The second variation was the most commonly encountered and retained the quadrupedal gait of the pterosaurs, but it had teeth lining its beak, great strength, and feet like a bird of prey, as well as having a lifestyle just like one. Their heads were blue with a yellow beak. Their bodies were black, with the wing membrane tan and the back of the wings dark brown. The variation that was seen at the end of The Lost World: Jurassic Park had many characteristics of birds that can be seen in its bipedal gait and neck posture with a hooked beak. The geneticists probably removed sexual dimorphism from the recreations because they wanted all the clones to be born female and Pteranodon's famous crest belonged only to males in the genus. They did not appear to have any sexual dimorphism. However, there were common characteristics exhibited in the clones, such as a lack of pycnofibres on their bodies, which all pterosaurs had, was adapted to different regions than the original, and the ability to use their hind legs for grasping. There were four variations of the cloned Pteranodon, which all had abnormal features that their original counterpart lacked. Pteranodon was successfully recreated by InGen in their lab on Isla Sorna where they were fed and parented in captivity being raised in the Isla Sorna Aviary. Other Pteranodons were nesting near a cliff with one diving to the river to catch fishes. ĭuring a flashback of the cretaceous, a flock of Pteranodons were resting and feasting on a carcass before being scared away by a Quetzalcoatlus. This would have been the shore of a shallow sea when these creatures were alive, supporting the theory that they were fish eaters. Quite a few Pteranodon skeletons have been found in Kansas in the central part of the U.S. Their diet was comprised of fish and scavenged remains of dead marine animals. It probably used the long crest on the back of its head to help it steer while flying. Pteranodon means 'toothless wing,' but despite this, it appears with teeth in one of the movies.

Pteranodon males had a wingspan of 5 meters (16 feet), while females had a wingspan of 3 meters (10 feet), making the males one of the largest Pterosaurs found. Members of the Pterosaur order lived through much of the Mesozoic, some species of Pterosaurs with wingspans close to 11 meters (36 feet). Pycnofibers were very hair-like in appearance and, like hair, were made of keratin. These reptiles did not have feathers but rather had a basal type of integument along the same lineage from which feathers evolved, called pycnofibers. Pteranodon is a large flying reptile with a wingspan measuring as long as a school bus.

Pterodactyl wingspan