Quetzalcoatlus

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Quetzalcoatlus
Fossil range: Late Cretaceous
Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt
Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Order: Pterosauria
Suborder: Pterodactyloidea
Family: Azhdarchidae
Genus: Quetzalcoatlus
Lawson, 1975
Species
  • Q. northropi (type)
  • Q. sp.

Quetzalcoatlus was a huge pterodactyloid pterosaur. It ate fish. It had a wingspan of 12 meters. It was one of the largest animals to ever fly. It lived 65 million years ago. It lived near the end of the time of dinosaurs. It was shown in the movie When Dinosaurs Roamed America eating a dead Triceratops carcass. It was also shown when Triceratops and Anatotitan were first shown.