Quetzalcoatlus
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Quetzalcoatlus is a genus of azhdarchid pterosaur that lived during the Maastrichtian age of the Late Cretaceous in North America. The type specimen, recovered in 1971 from the Javelina Formation of T
Quetzalcoatlus northropi
The known fossils of Quetzalcoatlus were discovered in Big Bend National Park, Texas
The name of Q. northropi refers to its similar appearance to aircraft designed by John Knudsen Northrop
Skeleton reconstruction of Quetzalcoatlus at the Texas Science and Natural History Museum, originally mounted by Langston in the 1980s
Jack Northrop
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John Knudsen Northrop was an American aircraft industrialist and designer who founded the Northrop Corporation in 1939.
Quetzalcoatlus
…northropi in 1975 by Douglas Lawson. The generic name refers to the Aztec serpent god of the sky, Quetzalcōātl, while the specific name honors Jack Northrop, designer of a tailless fixed-wing aircraft. The remains of a second species were found between 1972 and 1974, also by Lawson, around 40 km (25 mi…
Northrop with the XB-35, circa 1948
Red Lockheed Vega 5b flown by Amelia Earhart in breaking two world records.