Editing Pteranodon (section)

===Diet===
The diet of ''Pteranodon'' is known to have included [[fish]];<ref name="bennett1994niobrara" /><ref name="bennett2001" /> fossilized fish bones have been found in the [[stomach]] area of one ''Pteranodon'', and a fossilized fish [[Bolus (digestion)|bolus]] has been found between the jaws of another ''Pteranodon'', specimen AMNH 5098. Numerous other specimens also preserve fragments of fish scales and vertebrae near the torso, indicating that [[Piscivore|fish made up a majority of the diet]] of ''Pteranodon'' (though they may also have taken invertebrates).<ref name="bennett1994niobrara" />[[File:Pteranodon choking on fish - Pterosaurs Flight in the Age of Dinosaurs.jpg|thumb|Fish remains between the jaws of specimen AMNH 5098]]

Traditionally, most researchers have suggested that ''Pteranodon'' would have taken fish by dipping their beaks into the water while in low, soaring flight. However, this was probably based on the assumption that the animals could not take off from the water surface.<ref name=bennett1994niobrara/> It is more likely that ''Pteranodon'' could take off from the water, and would have dipped for fish while swimming rather than while flying. Even a small, female ''Pteranodon'' could have reached a depth of at least {{convert|80|cm|in|sp=us}} with its long bill and neck while floating on the surface, and they may have reached even greater depths by plunge-diving into the water from the air like some modern long-winged seabirds.<ref name=bennett1994niobrara/> In 1994, Bennett noted that the head, neck, and shoulders of ''Pteranodon'' were as heavily built as diving birds, and suggested that they could dive by folding back their wings like the modern [[gannet]].<ref name=bennett1994niobrara/>