4. The Creature: Quetzalcoatlus
The Nightmare: Flying Dragon Wants to Eat You
Quetzalcoatlus northropi may have been the largest flying animal ever. The estimated wingspan gleaned from fossil evidence is 36 feet, although earlier extrapolations put it as high as 60 feet. Either way, that’s a big animal. It took a lot of muscle power to get 500 pounds off the ground! This pterosaur lived about 65 million years ago. Quetzalcoatlus northropi ate dinosaurs for breakfast, which is enough to fuel anyone’s nightmares.
Illustration by Mark Witton and Darren Naish.
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