Quetzalcoatlus

1 week ago - Among the supporters of the initial ... m (36–39 ft). More recent estimates based on greater knowledge of azhdarchid proportions place its wingspan at 10–11 m (33–36 ft)....

March 20, 2024 - Estimates of the pterosaur’s weight remain elusive, but it could have been as much as 250 kg (550 pounds), according to some researchers. Q. lawsoni was substantially smaller, but it still had a large wingspan, perhaps measuring 4.5–6 meters ...

Q. sp. is much more complete than ... day. The second species is also very much smaller than the first, with a wingspan of 5.5 meters....

February 28, 2025 - Estimates of Quetzalcoatlus' size have varied over the years, with wingspans ranging from 17 to 85 feet (5 to 26 meters). Today, the more widely accepted estimate is around 33 feet (10 meters) — that’s longer than a school bus!

Walking on four legs, it reached a height of between 2.9 to 3 meters (8 to 9 feet). The animal's wings consisted of a delicate membrane of skin stretched between the elongated fourth finger of each hand and the hind legs.

February 1, 2023 - Thats the quetzalcoatlus It can also go days without getting tired in the air. It can also get up to 80mph and has a wingspan of 32-36ft and was the biggest animal to ever fly and it was in the cretatouse.

The aberrant masses of these forms appears to refl ect a relatively massive build for their wingspans, with the hindlimbs of both atypically robust and Dimorphodon also bearing an atypically weighty skull. Similarly, Quetzalcoatlus is also 111 kg greater than the relationship between mass and wingspan predicts, but several more factors affect this overestimate than those of Dimorphodon and Dsungaripterus .

January 23, 2025 - One of the biggest known flying animals ever, Quetzalcoatlus has a wingspan that can measure up to 15.9 m (52 ft).

The piscivorous pterosaur Quetzalcoatlus dates back to the Late Cretaceous period and is considered to be one of the largest flying animals the world has ever seen, with a wingspan in excess of 10m – roughly the size of a small aeroplane.

3 days ago - The largest pterosaurs were members of Azhdarchidae such as Hatzegopteryx and Quetzalcoatlus, which could attain estimated wingspans of 10–11 metres (33–36 ft) and weights of 150–250 kilograms (330–550 lb).

October 7, 2023 - The Quetzalcoatlus was one of the last, and largest, pterosaurs to have ever lived at the end of the cretaceous period, some 65 million years ago. Its wingspan measured in at 10 – 11 meters wide, similar width to a modern day private aeroplane!

May 24, 2022 - Quetzalcoatlus was a reptile, more specifically a Pterosaur, who’s standing height matched that of a giraffe. That in itself is quite special. However, Quetzalcoatlus flew. And with a wingspan of around 11 meters, it was indeed about as wide ...

However, later in 2025, the taxon has been reclassified as a seperate, albeit still related species of azhdarchid, making Q. northropi the only recognized species within the genus Quetzalcoatlus. Its wingspan is at 10-11m (33-36ft), and weighs ...

April 9, 2022 - Quetzalcoatlus Northropi: One of the largest flying animals of all time. Around 5 metres tall with a wingspan of 11 metres.

December 10, 2021 - The giant pterosaur, called a Quetzalcoatlus, had a wingspan of around 12 metres - that's longer than the length of a double-decker bus! Find out everything you need to know here.

... Pronunciation: ket-zel-KWAT-a-lus NORTH-rup-eye Lived: around 67 million years ago Fossil Found: Big Bend National Park, in southwestern Texas Wingspan: around 33 feet (10 meters) Diet: possibly small vertebrates or carrion Cool Fact: It ...

December 8, 2021 - The pterosaur Quetzalcoatlus, the largest known flying animal that ever lived, boasted a 40-foot (12-meter) wingspan that would allow it to soar through the sky, according to a research collection published Wednesday by the Society of Vertebrate ...

October 23, 2024 - By examining the Quetzalcoatlus fossil remains, scientists have gleaned much about its paleobiology. They’ve assessed the mechanics of its estimated 40-foot wingspan in relation to its 6-feet high legs at the hip.

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July 9, 2025 - Yes. Quetzalcoatlus northropi is still the largest flying animal known to science. Early estimates claimed wingspans up to 15 meters (nearly 50 feet), but more refined reconstructions now place the max closer to 10–11 meters.