Quetzalcoatlus

1 week ago - Among the supporters of the initial size estimates was Robert T. Bakker, who, in his 1988 book The Dinosaur Heresies, contended that Quetzalcoatlus may indeed have reached the upper estimates, and that it may have remained flighted by altering its method of flapping.

October 31, 2025 - Quetzalcoatlus is a genus made ... million to 66 million years ago) of the Cretaceous Period. One of the species, Quetzalcoatlus northropi, is widely believed to have been the largest flying creature that ever liv...

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Quetzalcoatlus dominated the skies of North America at the end of the Dinosaur Age and flew high over such famous creatures as Tyrannosaurus and Triceratops. As tall as a giraffe, the biggest Quetzalcoatlus species were also the largest of all ...

1 day ago - They saw them as failed evolutionary experiments, cold-blooded and scaly, that hardly could fly, the larger species only able to glide, being forced to climb trees or throw themselves from cliffs to achieve a take-off. In 1914, for the first-time pterosaur aerodynamics were quantitatively analysed, by Ernest Hanbury Hankin and David Meredith Seares Watson, but they interpreted Pteranodon as a pure glider. Little research was done on the group during the 1940s and 1950s. The situation for dinosaurs was comparable.

1 week ago - It was a member of the Azhdarchidae, a family of advanced toothless pterosaurs with unusually long, stiffened necks. Its name comes from the Mesoamerican feathered serpent god Quetzalcoatl. It was also famous for being the largest species of any animal to ever fly.

September 30, 2025 - The largest flying dinosaurs were not actually dinosaurs, they were pterosaurs! Learn about the largest reptiles to ever take to the skies.

February 1, 2023 - Its the most scariest animal and it isnt a dinosaur! Imagine a pterodactyl big enough with a long enough neck and beak to snatch you and its faster than you on ground. 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.

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December 9, 2021 - Quetzalcoatlus—a member of the ancient group of flying reptiles called pterosaurs—was the largest flying creature to ever live.

February 28, 2025 - Quetzalcoatlus northropi wasn't just big; it was ginormous! As the largest flying animal yet discovered, Quetzalcoatlus continues to fascinate paleontologists and average people alike.

Answer (1 of 2): Maybe 2 pounds or more. Microraptor comes to mind, a dromaeosaurid dinosaur. Sorry to disappoint you. This creature was no heavyweight! It lived about 125 million years ago. It is famous for having 4 wings. Archaeopteryx was certainly no heavyweight either and lived about 150 mi...

March 15, 2025 - Jurassic World Dominion brought some new dinosaurs into the franchise. Let's meet Quetzalcoatlus, the largest flying reptile of them all!

May 20, 2022 - With a 11 to 12-m wingspan, Quetzalcoatlus is the largest flying organism ever known and one of the most familiar pterosaurs to the public. First discovered in 1971, this pterosaur was thought to have flown over land using updrafts like condors ...

August 28, 2023 - Quetzalcoatlus belongs to a group of flying reptiles (pterosaurs) contemporary to dinosaurs. Its cranial anatomy, walking position and hip bones, puts it outside of the dinosaur and birds groups classification. Quetzalcoatlus represents the biggest flying organism that has ever existed on earth, equal only to some South American species also from the Cretaceous period.

October 13, 2022 - Once airborne, the largest pterosaurs (Quetzalcoatlus northropi) could reach speeds of over 67 mph (108 kph) for a few minutes and then glide at cruising speeds of about 56 mph (90 kph), the study found.