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1 week ago - In 2010, Mike Habib, a professor ... computer modeling led the two researchers to conclude that Q. northropi was capable of flight up to 130 km/h (80 mph) for 7 to 10 days at altitudes of 4,600 m (15,000 ft)....
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Could Quetzalcoatlus carry a human?
The results of a computer simulation suggests that the largest members of Quetzacoatlus might be able to carry a person. However, even after taking into account the size of the dinosaur, the dinosaur’s large head, the weight of its human “rider,” and general aerodynamics, it would be a difficult undertaking.
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What is the biggest flying animal ever??
One member of genus Quetzalcoatlus, Q northropi, is widely believed to have been the largest flying creature that ever lived. Paleontologists contend that members of the species stood about 5 meters (16 feet) tall and had a wingspan of up to 11 meters (36 feet).
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Did Quetzacoatlus eat dinosaurs?
It is unlikely that Quetzacoatlus ate dinosaurs, since it had a long jaw with no teeth, which was better suited to probing for invertebrates in the wet areas it inhabited.
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r/dndnext on Reddit: Quetzalcoatlus Flight Speed
November 1, 2019 -
Hey, just wondering if I could get someone's thoughts on this. Playing a warlock with Sculptor of Flesh invocation, and I polymorphed into a Quetzalcoatlus, and attempted to travel by air to another place on the world map. With a flying speed of 80ft/round, I should be able to travel roughly 9 miles in an hour I believe? However, the DM decided that I couldn't travel much farther than I would have if I were walking. Am I misguided in thinking that I should be able to travel further than that?
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In an hour, you could walk ~3-4 miles. That actually works out to ~4.6 feet per second. Multiply that by 6 and you get roughly 27.6 feet every round, rounded up to 30 and the in-game walking speed of humans is actually pretty close to true life. So if we take that 30 ft per round as accurate and apply it to flying, in an hour you’d be 2.5 times farther than if you walked, or ~ 9 miles in that same hour. So, while I am of the opinion that your DM is most certainly wrong, he does get the final say. Edit: Had to make an edit. Saw 90 ft fly speed instead of 80 for some reason.
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Travel rules states that with a 80' move speed you travel at 8 mile per hour at a normal traveling pace.
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September 4, 2025 - The biomechanics researcher’s hypothesis that Quetzalcoatlus took off by jumping with all four limbs is implausible. The paleontologist uses a speed requirement (48 km/h needed for takeoff) to show that the proposed jumping method is physically impossible, thereby rejecting the researcher’s ...
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Conclusion of the argument : The hypothesis that Quetzalcoatlus took off by using the wings as forelimbs, beginning its flight by leaping with all four "legs." is implausible.
Support Given: Quetzalcoatlus had to attain a speed of at least forty-eight kilometers per hour to take off, which would have been impossible from a standing jump.
Hence the Paleontologist assumes that a standing jump is the only way to attain a speed of at least forty-eight kilometers per hour that the giant pterosaur Quetzalcoatlus could have employed.
Any option that challenges this assumption can weaken the argument.
Answer Choice Elimination
A) Quetzalcoatlus could plausibly have taken off by diving off a cliff from its hind limbs, then using the fall to accelerate.
While this option provides an alternate way of attaining speed, however, this method doesn't address the Paleontologist's argument. The Paleontologist refutes the researcher's finding, that it took off by using the wings as forelimbs, beginning its flight by leaping with all four "legs." because the Paleontologist believes that Quetzalcoatlus had to attain a speed of at least forty-eight kilometers per hour to take off, which would have been impossible from a standing jump. The option provides an alternate explanation of how the Quetzalcoatlus could have taken off, but doesn't address why it couldn't have leaped with all four legs. Hence, the option doesn't weaken the argument.
B) Most other pterosaur species are known to have taken off by flapping their wings after a running start.
This information about other pterosaur species doesn't directly challenge the biomechanics of Quetzalcoatlus itself. Hence, we can eliminate option B.
C) The sturdy forelimbs of Quetzalcoatlus could have helped it to subdue its prey when not in flight.
This option is out of scope. What other uses the Quetzalcoatlus had of its forelimbs is not the contention of this argument.
D) Quetzalcoatlus could plausibly have run fast enough to take off by leaping into the air after a running start.
This counters the paleontologist's argument that it would have been impossible for Quetzalcoatlus to attain the necessary speed for takeoff from a standing jump . The option provides an alternate way the Quetzalcoatlus could have attained the speed. If Quetzalcoatlus could achieve the required speed by running before taking off, then the conclusion of the author becomes less compelling.
E) Researchers know of no plausible way in which any giant pterosaur species could have attained a speed of 48 kilometers per hour before taking off.
This sort of strengthens the argument. The option eliminates any possible way that any giant pterosaur species could have attained a speed of 48 kilometers per hour before taking off. Hence, it makes us believe more that the conclusion that the author has made is indeed true.
Option C
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Answer choice A is what a lot of people chose but it can't be A due to the fact that the passage says the dinosaur leaps from all four "legs". If it dives off of something on its hind legs then it's not leaping with all four legs.
However, D still allows this fact to be true. In your head picture some winged dinosaur running on all fours and then jumping from all fours into the air.
Weird question but the answer is definitely D.
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Quetzalcoatlus » Monster Stat Block - DnD 5e
Armor Class 13 (natural armor) Hit Points 30 (4d12 + 4) Speed 10 ft., fly 80 ft. ... Skills Perception +2 Senses passive Perception 12 Languages — Challenge 2 (450 XP) Proficiency Bonus +2 · Flyby. The quetzalcoatlus doesn't provoke an opportunity attack when it flies out of an enemy's reach.