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| ⚫ | '''''Quetzalcoatlus'''''<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:22.3999996185303px;"> was a pterodactyloid pterosaur known from the Late </span><span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:22.3999996185303px;">Cretaceous of North America and was the largest known flying animal of all time. 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 had a wingspan of between 10–12.3 meters (33–40 ft) and weighed 200 kilograms (440 lbs). </span><span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:22.3999996185303px;">The diet of ''Quetzalcoatlus'' </span><span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:22.3999996185303px;">is still debated since it had a toothless beak. </span><span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:22.3999996185303px;">It may have ate carrion, fish and/or dinosaur hatchings. </span> |
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| + | |Scientific name = ''Quetzalcoatlus northropi'' |
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| ⚫ | |Primary diet = Carnivore}}'''''Quetzalcoatlus'''''<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:22.3999996185303px;"> was a pterodactyloid pterosaur known from the Late </span><span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:22.3999996185303px;">Cretaceous of North America and was the largest known flying animal of all time. 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 had a wingspan of between 10–12.3 meters (33–40 ft) and weighed 200 kilograms (440 lbs). </span><span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:22.3999996185303px;">The diet of ''Quetzalcoatlus'' </span><span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:22.3999996185303px;">is still debated since it had a toothless beak. </span><span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:22.3999996185303px;">It may have ate carrion, fish and/or dinosaur hatchings. </span> |
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==In [[When Dinosaurs Roamed America]]== |
==In [[When Dinosaurs Roamed America]]== |
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| Scientific name : | Quetzalcoatlus northropi |
| Time period : | Late Cretaceous |
| Primary diet : | Carnivore |
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Quetzalcoatlus was a pterodactyloid pterosaur known from the Late Cretaceous of North America and was the largest known flying animal of all time. 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 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. It may have ate carrion, fish and/or dinosaur hatchings.
In When Dinosaurs Roamed America
We only see it in one scene in the late Cretaceous segment. It is flying over when it sees a dead Triceratops. It starts to feast on the rotten remains when a young male Tyrannosaurus rex charges at it, causing it to fly away. Lucky for the pterosaur, it escapes.
Quetzalcoatlus flying high in the sky