Editing Pteranodon (section)

===List of species and synonyms===
Status of names listed below follow a survey by Bennett, 1994 unless otherwise noted.<ref name=bennett1994/>
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! Name
! Author
! Year
! Status
! class="unsortable" | Notes
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| ''[[Pterodactylus]] oweni''
| Marsh
|[[1871 in paleontology|1871]]
|''[[Nomen dubium]]''
|Renamed ''Pterodactylus occidentalis'' Marsh 1872 on grounds of ''oweni'' being preoccupied by "Pterodactylus oweni" Seeley 1864 (''nomen nudum'' for ''Ornithocheirus oweni'' Seeley 1870)
|-
| ''[[Pterodactylus]] ingens''
| Marsh
|[[1872 in paleontology|1872]]
|Reclassified as ''Pteranodon ingens''
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|-
| ''[[Pterodactylus]] occidentalis''
| Marsh
|[[1872 in paleontology|1872]]
|Junior objective synonym of ''Pterodactylus oweni''
|Reclassified from ''Pterodactylus oweni'' Marsh 1871 on grounds of ''P. oweni'' being preoccupied by "Pterodactylus oweni" Seeley 1864 (''nomen nudum'' for ''Ornithocheirus oweni'' Seeley 1870)
|-
| ''[[Pterodactylus]] velox''
| Marsh
|[[1872 in paleontology|1872]]
|''[[Nomen dubium]]''
|Reclassified as ''Pteranodon velox''
|-
| ''Ornithochirus umbrosus''
| Cope
|[[1872 in paleontology|1872]]
|''Nomen dubium''
|
|-
| ''Ornithochirus harpyia''
| Cope
|[[1872 in paleontology|1872]]
|''Nomen dubium''
|
|-
| ''Pterodactylus umbrosus''
| (Cope) Cope
|([[1872 in paleontology|1872]]) [[1874 in paleontology|1874]]
|Reclassification of ''Ornithochirus umbrosus''
|
|-
| ''Pteranodon longiceps''
| Marsh
|[[1876 in paleontology|1876]]
|Valid
|Type species
|-
| ''Pteranodon ingens''
| (Marsh) Williston
|([[1872 in paleontology|1872]]) [[1876 in paleontology|1876]]
|''Nomen dubium''
|Reclassified from ''Pterodactylus ingens''
|-
| ''Pteranodon occidentalis''
| Marsh
|([[1872 in paleontology|1872]]) [[1876 in paleontology|1876]]
|Junior objective synonym of ''Pterodactylus oweni''
|Reclassified from ''Pterodactylus occidentalis''
|-
| ''Pteranodon velox''
| Marsh
|([[1872 in paleontology|1872]]) [[1876 in paleontology|1876]]
|''Nomen dubium''
|Reclassified from ''Pterodactylus velox'', based on a juvenile specimen
|-
| ''Pteranodon gracilis''
| Marsh
|[[1876 in paleontology|1876]]
|Reclassified as ''[[Nyctosaurus|Nyctosaurus gracilis]]''
|
|-
| ''Pteranodon comptus''
| Marsh
|[[1876 in paleontology|1876]]
|''Nomen dubium''
|
|-
| ''Pteranodon nanus''
| Marsh
|[[1876 in paleontology|1876]]
|Reclassified as ''[[Nyctosaurus|Nyctosaurus nanus]]''
|
|-
| ''[[Ornithocheirus]] umbrosus''
| (Cope) Newton
|([[1872 in paleontology|1872]]) [[1888 in paleontology|1888]]
|Reclassified as ''Pteranodon umbrosus''
|Spelling correction of ''Ornithochirus umbrosus''
|-
| ''[[Ornithocheirus]] harpyia''
| (Cope) Newton
|([[1872 in paleontology|1872]]) [[1888 in paleontology|1888]]
|Reclassified as ''Pteranodon harpyia''
|Spelling correction of ''Ornithochirus harpyia''
|-
| ''Pteranodon umbrosus''
| (Cope) Williston
|([[1872 in paleontology|1872]]) [[1892 in paleontology|1892]]
|''Nomen dubium''
|Reclassification of ''Ornithochirus umbrosus''
|-
| ''[[Ornithostoma]] ingens''
| (Marsh) Williston
|([[1872 in paleontology|1872]]) [[1893 in paleontology|1893]]
|Synonym of ''Pteranodon ingens''
|Reclassified from ''Pteranodon ingens''
|-
| ''[[Ornithostoma]] umbrosum''
| (Cope) Williston
|([[1872 in paleontology|1872]]) [[1897 in paleontology|1897]]
|Synonym of ''Pteranodon umbrosus''
|Reclassified from ''Pteranodon umbrosus''
|-
| ''Pteranodon oregonensis''
| [[Charles W. Gilmore|Gilmore]]
|[[1928 in paleontology|1928]]
|Reclassified as ''[[Bennettazhia|Bennettazhia oregonensis]]''
|
|-
| ''Pteranodon sternbergi''
| Harksen
|[[1966 in paleontology|1966]]
|Valid
|
|-
| ''Pteranodon marshi''
| Miller
|[[1972 in paleontology|1972]]
|Synonym of ''Pteranodon longiceps''
|
|-
| ''Pteranodon bonneri''
| Miller
|[[1972 in paleontology|1972]]
|Reclassified as ''[[Nyctosaurus|Nyctosaurus bonneri]]''
|
|-
| ''Pteranodon walkeri''
| Miller
|[[1972 in paleontology|1972]]
|Synonym of ''Pteranodon longiceps''
|
|-
| ''Pteranodon (Occidentalia) eatoni''
| (Miller) Miller
|([[1972 in paleontology|1972]]) [[1972 in paleontology|1972]]
|Synonym of ''Pteranodon sternbergi''
|
|-
| ''Pteranodon eatoni''
| (Miller) Miller
|([[1972 in paleontology|1972]]) [[1972 in paleontology|1972]]
|Synonym of ''Pteranodon sternbergi''
|Reclassified from ''Pteranodon (Occidentalia) eatoni''
|-
| ''Pteranodon (Longicepia) longicps'' {{sic}}
| (Marsh) Miller
|([[1872 in paleontology|1872]]) [[1972 in paleontology|1972]]
|Synonym of ''Pteranodon longiceps''
|Reclassified from ''Pteranodon longiceps''
|-
| ''Pteranodon (Longicepia) marshi''
| (Miller) Miller
|([[1972 in paleontology|1972]]) [[1972 in paleontology|1972]]
|Synonym of ''Pteranodon longiceps''
|Reclassified from ''Pteranodon marshi''
|-
| ''Pteranodon (Sternbergia) sternbergi''
| (Harksen) Miller
|([[1966 in paleontology|1966]]) [[1972 in paleontology|1972]]
|Reclassified as ''Pteranodon (Geosternbergia) sternbergi''
|Reclassified from ''Pteranodon sternbergi''
|-
| ''Pteranodon (Sternbergia) walkeri''
| (Miller) Miller
|([[1972 in paleontology|1972]]) [[1972 in paleontology|1972]]
|Reclassified as ''Pteranodon (Geosternbergia) walkeri''
|Reclassified from ''Pteranodon walkeri''
|-
| ''Pteranodon (Pteranodon) marshi''
| (Miller) Miller
|([[1972 in paleontology|1972]]) [[1973 in paleontology|1973]]
|Synonym of ''Pteranodon longiceps''
|Reclassified from ''Pteranodon marshi''
|-
| ''Pteranodon (Occidentalia) occidentalis''
| (Marsh) Olshevsky
|([[1872 in paleontology|1872]]) [[1978 in paleontology|1978]]
|Synonym of ''Pteranodon occidentalis''
|Reclassified from ''Pteranodon occidentalis''
|-
| ''Pteranodon (Longicepia) ingens''
| (Marsh) Olshevsky
|([[1872 in paleontology|1872]]) [[1978 in paleontology|1978]]
|Synonym of ''Pteranodon ingens''
|Reclassified from ''Pteranodon ingens''
|-
| ''Pteranodon (Pteranodon) ingens''
| (Marsh) Olshevsky
|([[1872 in paleontology|1872]]) [[1978 in paleontology|1978]]
|Synonym of ''Pteranodon ingens''
|Reclassified from ''Pteranodon ingens''
|-
| ''Pteranodon (Geosternbergia) walkeri''
| (Miller) Miller
|([[1972 in paleontology|1972]]) [[1978 in paleontology|1978]]
|Synonym of ''Pteranodon longiceps''
|Reclassified from ''Pteranodon walkeri''
|-
| ''Pteranodon (Geosternbergia) sternbergi''
| (Harksen) Miller
|([[1966 in paleontology|1966]]) [[1978 in paleontology|1978]]
|Synonym of ''Pteranodon sternbergi''
|Reclassified from ''Pteranodon (Sternbergia) sternbergi''
|-
| ''Pteranodon orientalis''
| (Bogolubov) Nesov & Yarkov
|([[1914 in paleontology|1914]]) [[1989 in paleontology|1989]]
|Reclassified as ''[[Bogolubovia|Bogolubovia orientalis]]''
|Reclassified from ''[[Ornithostoma|Ornithostoma orientalis]]''
|-
| ''Geosternbergia walkeri''
| (Miller) Olshevsky
|([[1972 in paleontology|1972]]) [[1991 in paleontology|1991]]
|Synonym of ''Pteranodon sternbergi''
|Reclassified from ''Pteranodon (Sternbergia) walkeri''
|-
| ''Geosternbergia sternbergi''
| (Harksen) Olshevsky
|([[1966 in paleontology|1966]]) [[1991 in paleontology|1991]]
|Synonym of ''Pteranodon sternbergi''
|Reclassified from ''Pteranodon (Geosternbergia) sternbergi''
|-
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