Quetzalcoatlus art

Hatzegopteryx Thambema: the largest known flying animal ever.

“@CorbinRainbolt @BStokkermans I don't about anyone else, but personally this piece by Chase Stone will forever be engraved on my mind. I'll build a shrine for this”

A sketch of the giant Late Cretaceous Azhdarchid pterosar Quetzalcoatlus northropi (with self depiction provided for scale) which despite its size was still capable of flight.

Take it down!!

With a wingspan of at least 33 feet , Quetzalcoatlus northropi was larger than any other known flying animal. It lived around 70 million years ago on a plain in what is now western Texas.

Art: Fall down mountains, just don't fall on me | http://flic.kr/p/4KQ28g Abstract A new giant pterosaur, Hatzegopteryx thambema, nov.gen., nov.sp., from the Maastrichtian Densuy-Ciula Formation of Romania is remarkable for its very large size (estimated wing span S12 m) and for the robustness of its large skull, which may have been nearly 3 m long. The stout skull bones contrast with the usually thin and slender skull elements of other pterosaurs, and raise the question of how the weight of…

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