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How Big Is a Pteranodon?

A pteranodon is about 20 ft (6 m) long. That is about 3.5 times as long as the average man is tall. A flying reptile with a long head crest.

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How big is a pteranodon compared to the average man?

A pteranodon is about 3.5 times as long as the average man is tall. A pteranodon is 3.5× the size of the average man: about 3.5 average men lined up would match it.

Pteranodon length in feet, inches, centimeters and meters

A pteranodon measures:

Unit	Value
Feet and inches	19 ft 8 in
Inches	236 in
Centimeters	600 cm
Meters	6 m

Pteranodon size facts

Large Pteranodon had a wingspan of about 6 to 7 meters.
It was a pterosaur, not a dinosaur.

How does a pteranodon compare to other things?

A pteranodon next to 25 things of similar size, plus some everyday references:

Thing	Size	Compared to Pteranodon
Sun	865,000 miles (1,393,000 km) across	232 million× bigger
Earth	7,920 miles (12,740 km) across	2.12 million× bigger
Mount Everest	5.5 miles (8.849 km)	1,470× bigger
Eiffel Tower	1,083 ft (330 m)	55× bigger
School bus	40 ft (12.2 m) long	20 ft (6.2 m) bigger
Stegosaurus	30 ft (9 m) long	9 ft 10 in (3 m) bigger
Triceratops	28 ft (8.5 m) long	8 ft 2 in (250 cm) bigger
Basking shark	26 ft (8 m) long	6 ft 7 in (200 cm) bigger
Carnotaurus	26 ft (8 m) long	6 ft 7 in (200 cm) bigger
Two-story house	26 ft (8 m)	6 ft 7 in (200 cm) bigger
Orca	25 ft (7.5 m) long	4 ft 11 in (150 cm) bigger
Stonehenge	24 ft (7.3 m)	4 ft 3 in (130 cm) bigger
Ankylosaurus	23 ft (7 m) long	3 ft 3 in (100 cm) bigger
Dilophosaurus	23 ft (7 m) long	3 ft 3 in (100 cm) bigger
Pickup truck	19 ft (5.9 m) long	3.9 in (10 cm) smaller
Giraffe	17 ft (5.2 m)	2 ft 7.5 in (80 cm) smaller
Saltwater crocodile	17 ft (5.2 m) long	2 ft 7.5 in (80 cm) smaller
Green anaconda	17 ft (5.2 m) long	2 ft 7.5 in (80 cm) smaller
Quetzalcoatlus	16 ft (5 m)	3 ft 3 in (100 cm) smaller
SUV	16 ft (4.9 m) long	3 ft 7 in (110 cm) smaller
Car (sedan)	16 ft (4.8 m) long	3 ft 11 in (120 cm) smaller
Great white shark	15 ft (4.6 m) long	4 ft 7 in (140 cm) smaller
Pachycephalosaurus	15 ft (4.5 m) long	4 ft 11 in (150 cm) smaller
Average man (world)	5 ft 7 in (171 cm)	3.5× smaller
Average woman (world)	5 ft 3 in (159 cm)	3.8× smaller

Where do these numbers come from?

Sizes are typical adult or reported values, rounded for readability. Read how we measure and compare sizes.

Silhouettes from PhyloPic: Pteranodon by Dan Niel. See credits.