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  1. Pterosaur size - Wikipedia

    • Some species of pterosaurs grew to very large sizes and this has implications for their capacity for flight. Many pterosaurs were small but the largest had wingspans which exceeded 9 m (30 ft). The largest of these are estimated to have weighed 250 kilograms (550 lb). For comparison, the wandering albatross has the largest wingspan of living birds at up to 3… See more

    Overview

    Pterosaurs included the largest flying animals ever to have lived. They are a clade of prehistoric archosaurian reptiles closely related to dinosaurs. Species among pterosaurs occupied several types of environme… See more

    Smallest pterosaurs

    The smallest known pterosaur is Nemicolopterus with a wingspan of about 25 cm (10 in). The specimen found may be a juvenile or a subadult, however, and adults may have been larger. Anurognathus is another sm… See more

     
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  1. Quetzalcoatlus - Wikipedia

    Quetzalcoatlus (/ kɛtsəlkoʊˈætləs /) is a genus of azhdarchid pterosaur that lived during the Maastrichtian age of the Late …

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    • The largest pterosaurs – Top 10 - DinoAnimals.com

      62 rows · Pterosaurs with largest wingspan – Top 10 Pterosaurs were flying …

    • Quetzalcoatlus | Size, Wingspan, Flight, & Facts

      Jan 9, 2025 · Quetzalcoatlus, genus made up of two species of giant pterosaurs classified in the family Azhdarchidae, which contains some of the largest known flying animals. Both species lived during the Maastrichtian Age (72.1 million to …

    • This Giraffe-Sized Reptile Was the Largest Flying Creature to …

    • Quetzalcoatlus, The Largest Flying …

      Dec 14, 2021 · Part of the ancient pterosaur group of flying reptiles, its fossilized remains were first discovered in the 1970s and revealed a staggering wingspan of 40 feet. Although it …

    • Fleshing out the bones of Quetzalcoatlus, …

      Dec 7, 2021 · Learn about the 70 million-year-old pterosaur that had a 40-foot wingspan and walked with a unique gait. See how scientists and an artist reconstructed its anatomy, behavior …

    • How Big Was Quetzalcoatlus and Other Giant …

      Jun 27, 2023 · With a wingspan like a fighter jet at over 40 feet across, Quetzalcoatlus was the largest pterosaur ever to live. It likely hunted small dinosaurs on land but could also hold its own with larger predators when they …

    • Largest Flying Animal Ever Lived on Earth: Quetzalcoatlus

    • Quetzalcoatlus, the largest flying animal of all time

      The largest and most famous of these aerial titans was Quetzalcoatlus. Named after a Mesoamerican deity, Quetzalcoatlus is the most famous member of the azhdarchids, a family of pterosaurs limited to the Cretaceous period, the time …

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    • How did the world’s largest pterosaur fly? - Cosmos

    • The largest-ever flying animal behaved like a giant heron

    • The winged giant that was bigger than T. Rex - BBC Earth

    • Ancient Winged Terror Was One of the Largest Animals to Fly

    • Fleshing out the bones of Quetzalcoatlus, Earth's largest flier ever

    • Quetzalcoatlus: the largest flying animal ever - Dino Digest

    • One Of The Largest Pterosaur Fossils Ever Found Is ... - IFLScience

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    • Biggest pterosaur ever found was as tall as a giraffe - CBC.ca

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