Quetzalcoatlus

ket-suhl-kow-at-luhs

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meat-on-bone

diet:

Small vertebrates

USA

found in:

Texas, USA

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period:

Cretaceous

beautiful nerdy facts

  • Its name comes from the Aztec feathered serpent god, Quetzalcoatl 🐍

  • Was a Pterosaur like Pterodactylus was too.

  • Lived during the Cretaceous period along with Triceratops and Tyrannosaurus Rex.

  • Was the biggest animal that has ever flown 😲

  • Its wingspan length was 36 ft (11 m), almost the height of a Brachiosaurus.🦕

  • Was tall as a giraffe 🦒🦒

  • Could fly enormous distances in one go. Imagine from Mexico to India (around 9900 mi - 16,000 km).

  • Was carnivore and didn't have teeth 🦷 😬

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