Quetzalcoatlus (meaning “feathered serpent god lizard”) was a genus of giant pterosaur, possessing an 13-15 meter (43-50 foot) wingspan and weighing 250 kg. It was the largest pterosaur of all Earth's history and thus the largest known flying vertebrate on Earth.
Quetzalcoatlus lived 70-66.04 million years ago in North America, making it one of the last pterosaur species to exist as well. It was long thought Quetzalcoatlus probably fed on carrion as well as hunting cephalopods, fish, and crustaceans in the shallow seas of the Late Cretaceous North America. But new research by Mark Witton and Darren Naish revealed that they were actually giraffe-shaped, stork-like creatures, terrestrial stalkers that fed on small animals they picked up off the ground.
In the series[]
Walking with Dinosaurs: The Movie[]
Quetzalcoatlus appeared in the film, in the backround of many scenes. A flock of them are seen fleeing from a forest fire. In a later scene, Gorgon the Gorgosaurus catches one by the foot and kills it before the rest of his pack start feeding. When two baby Pachyrhinosaurus named Patchi and Juniper are on the beach, a pair of Quetzalcoatlus come close to them and eat the nearby crabs, spooking the young dinosaurs. Years later when Patchi is an adult and pinned down by a tree after losing in a fight with Scowler, a pack of Troodons followed by two Quetzalcoatlus appear to eat the Pachyrhinosaurus. While the scavengers fight, Patchi gets back up and scares away the predators.
Walking with Dinosaurs: Inside Their World[]
Quetzalcoatlus is one of the viewable pterosaurs in the app.
Wonderbook: Walking with Dinosaurs[]
It was featured in concept art for Wonderbook: Walking with Dinosaurs but ultimately didn't make the final cut.
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In other media[]
March of the Dinosaurs[]
Read more at the March of the Dinosaurs Wiki
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- On the new WWD site, Quetzalcoatlus is identified as an unnamed Azhdarchid.
- This is the only creature to appear in both the WWD 3D movie and the TV series.
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