Quetzalcoatlus
genus of huge pterosaurs
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Summary
Quetzalcoatlus is a fossil taxon[1]. Quetzalcoatlus ranks in the top 0.1% of fossil taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (17,442 views/month, #10 of 9,701).[2]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: Douglas A. Lawson[3]
- Taxon rank: genus[4]
- Named after: Quetzalcoatl[5]
- Parent taxon: Quetzalcoatlinae[6]
- Location of discovery: Javelina Formation[7], Hell Creek Formation[8]
- Taxon name: Quetzalcoatlus[9]
- Commons category: Quetzalcoatlus[10]
- Taxonomic type: Quetzalcoatlus northropi[11]
- Time of discovery or invention: 1971[12]
- Start time: -68000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[13]
- End time: -66000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[14]
- Topic's main category: Category:Quetzalcoatlus[15]
- Commons gallery: Quetzalcoatlus[16]
- Described by source: The Book of Barely Imagined Beings: A 21st Century Bestiary[17]
- Taxon common name: ケツァルコアトルス[18], 風神翼龍[19]
- Height: 16 feet[20]
- Wingspan: 11 m[21]
- Mass: 250 kg[22]
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Identifiers
Quetzalcoatlus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 523016[23]. Quetzalcoatlus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 4532239[24]. Quetzalcoatlus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4818447[25].
Why It Matters
Quetzalcoatlus has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] Quetzalcoatlus is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]