Description
Pterosaur claw and phalanx – Nyctosaurus gracilis
Late Cretaceous
Niobrara Chalk
KS USA
11mm claw and 18mm phalanx of this rare pterosaur.
Pterosaur. Rare.
Nyctosaurus is the smaller and less-famous pterosaur of the Niobrara Chalk. It had a wingspan of roughly two meters (as wide as Darth Vader was tall). Remains rarely reach the market because they are hardly ever found so this phalanx and claw are going to sell fast.