AzhdarchidaeAzhdarchoideaBreviquartossaCaelidraconesEupterodactyloideaLate CretaceousLate MaastrichtianLophocratiaMacronychopteraMonofenestrataNeoazhdarchiaNeopterodactyloideaNorth AmericaNovialoideaOrnithocheiroideaPterodactyliformesPterodactyloideaPterodactylomorphaPterosauriaQuetzalcoatlinaeZambellisauria

Quetzalcoatlus northropi

Pterosaur: Quetzalcoatlus northropi

Meters Feet
Wingspan*: 10.00 m 32.8 ft
*The largest known specimen

ESR: 2.5 / 4 (estimated size reliability)

Period

Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Late Maastrichtian

Details

Status: valid
Autor: Lawson
Year: 1975
Area: North America
Country: USA
Region: Texas
Formation: Javelina, Black Peaks

Classification

Pterosauria
Zambellisauria
Macronychoptera
Novialoidea
Breviquartossa
Pterodactylomorpha
Monofenestrata
Pterodactyliformes
Caelidracones
Pterodactyloidea
Lophocratia
Eupterodactyloidea
Ornithocheiroidea
Azhdarchoidea
Neoazhdarchia
Neopterodactyloidea
Azhdarchidae
Quetzalcoatlinae


Other

Material: Partial forelimb, referred other fragments.
References: Brian Andres; Wann Langston Jr. (2021). "Morphology and taxonomy of Quetzalcoatlus Lawson 1975 (Pterodactyloidea: Azhdarchoidea)".

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