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Quetzalcoatlus (/ k ɛ t s əl k oʊ ˈ æ t l ə s /) is a genus of azhdarchid pterosaur that lived during the Maastrichtian age of the Late Cretaceous in what is now North America. The first specimen, recovered in 1971 from the Javelina Formation of Texas, United States, consists of several wing fragments.
Hatzegopteryx (A-B), Arambourgiania (C) and Quetzalcoatlus sp. (D-E) The largest known pterosaur was Quetzalcoatlus northropi, at 127 kg (280 lb) and with a wingspan of 10–12 m (33–39 ft). [375] Another close contender is Hatzegopteryx, also with a wingspan of 12 m (39 ft) or more. [375] This estimate is based on a skull 3 m (9.8 ft) long ...
A Mesozoic reptile is believed to have been the largest flying animal that ever existed: the pterosaur Quetzalcoatlus northropi, from North America during the late Cretaceous. This species is believed to have weighed up to 126 kg (278 lb), measured 7.9 m (26 ft) in total length (including a neck length of over 3 m (9.8 ft)) and measured up to ...
The former contains azhdarchids closer related to Azhdarcho and are smaller in size, while the latter contains azhdarchids closer to Quetzalcoatlus and are much larger in size. [20] The second cladogram is by Xuanyu Zhou and colleagues in 2024, [22] which is based on the phylogenetic analysis by Rodrigo Pêgas in the same year. [21]
Within Azhdarchoidea, two big groups have largely been consistent, the first one consisting of pterosaurs more closely related to tapejarids, such as Tapejara, while the second one comprising pterosaurs more closely related to azhdarchids, such as Quetzalcoatlus. Over the years, new clades within Azhdarchoidea have been named following the ...
Size comparison of Q. northropi (green), Q. lawsoni. (blue), and a human. This is a list of pterosaurs with estimated maximum wingspan of more than 5 meters (16 feet): ...
He appears seated in Omnipotence City of the gods, where all major deities are located, during an announcement from leader of the gods, Zeus. Quetzalcoatl also features in several songs by The Mountain Goats , an indie folk-rock band, such as Quetzalcoatl eats Plums and Quetzalcoatl is Born, both released as part of the album Zopilote Machine ...
The outcrop, situated in the middle strata of the formation about 90 meters below the K-Pg boundary and within the local range of Alamosaurus fossils and below two sites that have yielded Quetzalcoatlus fossils, was dated to 69.0 plus or minus 0.9 million years old in 2010. [2] Indeterminate chasmosaurinae fossils have also been as well. [5]