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Q: When was the formation of the western interior seaway?
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Pteranodon lived on the coast of the Western Interior Seaway. The Western Interior Seaway was a subtropical, shallow sea that stretched from what is now the Gulf of Mexico to Hudson Bay, splitting North America in half. Pteranodon were piscivorous, or fish eating, and would have depended on the abundant waters of the shallow sea for food.


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