Pteranodon
Late Cretaceous · 86–84 million years ago
Pteranodon is not a dinosaur.
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No. Pteranodon (Late Cretaceous) and Dimetrodon (Cisuralian) are separated by 189 million years.
Pteranodon to you: 84 million years.
More time separated them than separates Pteranodon from you.
Dimetrodon
Cisuralian · 283–274 million years ago
Dimetrodon is not a dinosaur.
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Dig from Dimetrodon down to Pteranodon →
Between Dimetrodon and Pteranodon
- Helicoprion Guadalupian · 274–267 million years ago
- Anchisaurus Early Jurassic · 201–193 million years ago
- Lufengosaurus Early Jurassic · 200–193 million years ago
- Shunosaurus Middle Jurassic · 168–162 million years ago
- Ceratosaurus Late Jurassic · 155–143 million years ago
- Torvosaurus Late Jurassic · 152–149 million years ago
- Valdosaurus Early Cretaceous · 133–121 million years ago
- Limaysaurus Early Cretaceous · 113–110 million years ago
Fun Facts
- Every Pteranodon fossil here comes from the United States.
- Pteranodon is not a dinosaur.
- Dimetrodon is known from 94 fossil sites.
- Dimetrodon is not a dinosaur. It was gone 37 million years before the oldest dinosaur here.
Did they live at the same time?
- T. rex and Stegosaurus Triceratops Velociraptor Brachiosaurus Diplodocus Spinosaurus Allosaurus Ankylosaurus Apatosaurus Parasaurolophus Pteranodon Dimetrodon Mammoths Smilodon
- Stegosaurus and Triceratops Velociraptor Brachiosaurus Diplodocus Spinosaurus Allosaurus Ankylosaurus Apatosaurus Parasaurolophus Pteranodon Dimetrodon Mammoths Smilodon
- Triceratops and Velociraptor Brachiosaurus Diplodocus Spinosaurus Allosaurus Ankylosaurus Apatosaurus Parasaurolophus Pteranodon Dimetrodon Mammoths Smilodon
- Velociraptor and Brachiosaurus Diplodocus Spinosaurus Allosaurus Ankylosaurus Apatosaurus Parasaurolophus Pteranodon Dimetrodon Mammoths Smilodon
- Brachiosaurus and Diplodocus Spinosaurus Allosaurus Ankylosaurus Apatosaurus Parasaurolophus Pteranodon Dimetrodon Mammoths Smilodon
- Diplodocus and Spinosaurus Allosaurus Ankylosaurus Apatosaurus Parasaurolophus Pteranodon Dimetrodon Mammoths Smilodon
- Spinosaurus and Allosaurus Ankylosaurus Apatosaurus Parasaurolophus Pteranodon Dimetrodon Mammoths Smilodon
- Allosaurus and Ankylosaurus Apatosaurus Parasaurolophus Pteranodon Dimetrodon Mammoths Smilodon
- Ankylosaurus and Apatosaurus Parasaurolophus Pteranodon Dimetrodon Mammoths Smilodon
- Apatosaurus and Parasaurolophus Pteranodon Dimetrodon Mammoths Smilodon
- Parasaurolophus and Pteranodon Dimetrodon Mammoths Smilodon
- Pteranodon and Dimetrodon Mammoths Smilodon
- Dimetrodon and Mammoths Smilodon
- Mammoths and Smilodon