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Общее количество образцов: 1365name | Quetzalcoatlus (Кетцалькоатль (птерозавр)) |
period | Late Cretaceous (Верхний мел) |
period_mya | 66 |
date_from | 72.1 million years ago |
date_to | 66 million years ago |
date_from2 | 72.1 |
date_to2 | 66 |
lived_in | a terrestrial habitat (наземная среда обитания) |
was_a | carnivore (хищники) |
url | https://dinosaurpictures.org/Quetzalcoatlus-pictures |
description | Named for the Aztec deity Quetzacouatl, a mythical feathered serpent, Quetzalcoatlus has much in common with its namesake. Its appearance is quite distinct, with an oversized head and beak, colorful rounded crest, a long thin neck, and strangely proportioned legs and wings. It may be the largest flying creature ever to have lived, with a wingspan reaching nearly 40 feet!Like the other Pterosaurs, Quetzalcoatlus is not technically a dinosaur, but did exist alongside dinosaurs during the late Cretaceous period.Quetzalcoatlus is often depicted in art with feathers, perhaps owing to its mythological namesake. However, researchers believe it was instead covered with pycnofibres, which are hair-like fibers that differ from animal hair. |
articles | D. A. Lawson. 1975. Pterosaur from the latest Cretaceous of West Texas: discovery of the largest flying creature. Science 187:947-948 R. K. Hunt and T. M. Lehman. 2008. Attributes of the ceratopsian dinosaur Torosaurus, and new material from the Javelina Formation (Maastrichtian) of Texas. Journal of Paleontology 82(6):1127-1138 T. M. Lehman and A. B. Coulson. 2002. A juvenile specimen of the sauropod dinosaur Alamosaurus sanjuanensis from the Upper Cretaceous of Big Bend National Park, Texas. Journal of Paleontology 76(1):156-172 A. W. A. Kellner and W. Langston. 1996. Cranial remains of Quetzalcoatlus (Pterosauria, Azhdarchidae) from Late Cretaceous sediments of Big Bend National Park, Texas. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 16(2):222-231 M. D. Henderson and J. E. Peterson. 2006. An azhdarchid pterosaur cervical vertebra from the Hell Creek Formation (Maastrichtian) of southeastern Montana. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26(1):192-195 |
trophic_level | carnivore (хищники) |
habitat | terrestrial habitat (наземные среды обитания) |
motility | fast moving (быстрый) |
points | 29.3964 -103.204, 45.8888 -104.553, 29.4388 -103.16, 29.25 -103.25, 29.25 -103.25, 29.25 -103.25, |