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Nyctosaurus
Nyctosaurus gracilis
Era: CretaceousDiet: PiscivorousPeriod: Late Cretaceous
Nyctosaurus (meaning "night lizard") is a genus of nyctosaurid pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous period of what is now the Niobrara Formation of the mid-western United States, which, during the time Nyctosaurus was alive, was covered in an extensive shallow sea