Pteranodontidae

Taxobox
name = Pteranodontids
fossil_range = Mid-Late Cretaceous


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image_caption = Skeletal reconstruction of "Pteranodon"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
ordo = Pterosauria
subordo = Pterodactyloidea
familia = Pteranodontidae
familia_authority = Marsh, 1876
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision =
* ?"Bogolubovia"
* ?"Nyctosaurus"
* "Pteranodon" (type)
* "Ornithostoma"
* ?"Muzquizopteryx"
synonyms =
* Ornithostomatidae Williston, 1893

Pteranodontidae is a family of large pterosaurs of the Cretaceous Period of North America. Many pteranodontids had a distinctive, elongated crest jutting from the rear of the head (most famously seen in "Pteranodon" itself). The spectacularly-crested "Nyctosaurus" is often included in this family, though originally placed in its own family, the Nyctosauridae (Williston, 1903).