Quetzalcoatlus

1 week ago - Historical interpretations of the diet of Quetzalcoatlus have ranged from scavenging to skim-feeding like the modern skimmer bird. However, more recent research has found that it most likely hunted small prey on the ground, in a similar way to storks and ground hornbills.

Thanks to finds in Argentina, we know that sauropods probably flooded the environment with their precocious offspring by nesting en masse. With a high growth rate to maturity, taking just under 15 years to reach near-adult sizes, these baby sauropods may likely have made up a large proportion of the diets of the largest, and possibly both Quetzalcoatlus species.

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1 week ago - "Quetzalcoatlus, Late Cretaceous should have stayed there" —Kayla Watts upon the arrival of a Quetzalcoatlus(src) Quetzalcoatlus was a pterosaur known from the Late Cretaceous of Texas (Maastrichtian stage, 72.1–66.0 million years ago). It was a member of the Azhdarchidae, a family of advanced ...

Answer (1 of 6): Quetzalcoatlus was originally evaluated as a piscivore aka fish-eater; this assumption was not limited to Azhdarchidae but most pterosaurs had a piscivore bias automatically applied to their paleo-ecology. Quetzalcoatlus northropi. [1] The Jurassic pterosaurs dimorphodon was or...

May 27, 2024 - The diet is often compared to that of the marabou stork, which scavenged carrion but was also able to hunt smaller animals. However, a lack of physical qualities seen in typical scavenger species, such as a hooked beak, does not support the scavenger theory. Instead, it suggests Quetzalcoatlus fed like the present-day skimmers, sieving prey out of the water.

October 7, 2023 - Diet: Carnivore · Height: 5 -6 m · Distribution: Americas · Length: 10 - 11 m wingspan · Weight: 200 - 250kg · Did you know? Its long, sharp beak had no teeth, so Quetzalcoatlus could not chew its prey. Behind the Scenes Tour Discover · Big Cat & Tiger Feeding Experience Discover ·

November 1, 2025 - Quetzalcoatlus can be tamed by feeding or whipping it, and can be ordered with an arrow.

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Detail of a Life restoration of a group of giant azhdarchids, Quetzalcoatlus northropi.

Quetzalcoatlus were likely carnivorous, preying on small animals like fish, lizards, and possibly even small dinosaurs.

Quetzalcoatlus was characterized by its long, toothless beak and a stiff neck, adapted for its predatory lifestyle, likely feeding on fish and other small animals either by soaring above water bodies or walking along shorelines.

December 7, 2021 - John Conway’s impression of a small Quetzalcoatlus cruising over a lake. (Image courtesy of John Conway, https://johnconway.art/) Given its habitat — inland marshes and open fields, much different from the West Texas desert today — the pterosaur’s most likely feeding strategy would resemble that of today’s egrets and herons, which are waders and stalkers with a varied diet...

Answer: The largest ever flying creature was the pterosaur Quetzalcoatlus northropi ("feathered serpent"). About 70 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous, it soared over what is now Texas, Wyoming and New Jersey in the USA, Alberta in Canada, Senegal and Jordan. But it had no teeth, and w...

April 4, 2012 - Douglas Lawson found the first Quetzalcoatlus remains (that we know of; it is rather convenient that Mesoamerican mythology has a "feathered serpent god") and three years later rejected the idea of piscivorous diet. He, instead, opted for a scavenger's diet spotting carcasses from kills and natural death from the sky and gliding down to commandeer the animal from others in order to take a fairly easy meal.

June 8, 2022 - Make sure they have enough open space, some sand and rocky ground underneath their feet, and enough food and water, and they shouldn't give you too much trouble. Their diet will consist of fish, but escaped Quetzalcoatlus may also try to eat unsuspecting smaller dinosaurs (or maybe a guest or two).

March 8, 2014 - Quetzalcoatlus northropi Fossil range: Late Cretaceous, 65 Ma Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia

It was a member of the Azhdarchidae, ... It had a wingspan of between 10–12.3 meters (33–40 ft) and weighed 200 kilograms (440 lbs). The diet of Quetzalcoatlus is still debated since it had a toothless beak....