Not a dinosaur
Pteranodon
A flying reptile, not a dinosaur. Dinolets says so too.
Say it: teh-RAN-oh-don (the P is silent)
- Name means
- Winged and toothless
- What it was
- A flying reptile called a pterosaur. Not a dinosaur.
- Size
- The biggest had wings about 6 to 7 metres from tip to tip
- Ate
- Fish
- Lived
- Late Cretaceous
- Fossils found
- North America
Facts for little ones
- Pteranodon wasn't a dinosaur. It was a pterosaur, a flying reptile that lived at the same time.
- It had no teeth. Fossils have been found with fish remains inside, so we know it ate fish.
- Its wings were made of thin skin, held up by one very long finger.
Pteranodon in Dinolets
Pteranodon is egg number 11 of 12. In the game it's orange, and its special feature is the one the voice calls out: "Big wings!"
In Feed it eats fish, and from level 2 your child is asked to pick the right food for it. Once it has hatched, it joins in the other games too.
When your child meets it, the voice says: "Pteranodon isn't a dinosaur, it's a flying reptile!"
Sources
Checked November 2026 against:
- American Museum of Natural History: Pteranodon longiceps: the giant pterosaur
- Natural History Museum: Pterosaurs: the truth about these 'flying dinosaurs'
- Natural History Museum: What are dinosaurs?
- Encyclopaedia Britannica: Pteranodon
The way to say the name is how the Dinolets voice says it.