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
Pterosaurs are an extinct clade of warm-blooded flying reptiles in the order Pterosauria. They existed during most of the Mesozoic: from the Late Triassic to the end of the Cretaceous. Pterosaurs are
Quetzalcoatlus
…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…
Pteranodon amnh martyniuk