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Here is the very first ever discovered feathered pterodactyl.
https://dinosauria.blog/2018/12/19/ptero...uF76gaGNRs 
Feathered pterodactylus feeding its youngs: late Jurrassic, Bavaria in Germany. Counted around 90 conical teeth, 1 meter wingspan. Catched and eated small fishes.
Eudimorphodon: one of the oldest pterosaurus known. Late Triassic, Italy. 1 meter wingspan.
Quetzalcoatlus, probably one of the biggest pterodactyl that have ever existed: 12 m wingspan, 250 kilos... Late Cretaceous in North America.
" Mimodactylus libanensis: New Pterosaur Species Unearthed in Lebanon.
Paleontologists in Lebanon have discovered the extremely well-preserved fossilized remains of a previously unknown Cretaceous-period flying reptile. Pterosaurs were highly successful flying reptiles — not dinosaurs, as they’re commonly mislabeled — that lived at the same time as nonavian dinosaurs, between 210 million and 65 million years ago. Some pterosaurs were the largest flying animals of all time, with wingspans exceeding 30 feet (9 m) and standing heights comparable to modern giraffes. The newly-discovered species was a comparatively small pterosaur, with long wings and a wingspan of approximately 4.3 feet (1.32 m). Named Mimodactylus libanensis, it lived 95 million years ago (Cretaceous period) in the middle of what is now called the Tethys Seaway, a vast expanse of shallow marine waters filled with reefs and lagoons, separating Europe from Africa and stretching all the way to Southeast Asia. “The diversity of pterosaurs was much greater than we could ever have guessed at, and is likely orders of magnitude more diverse than we will ever be able to discover from the fossil record,” said Professor Michael Caldwell, a paleontologist at the University of Alberta. Life reconstruction of Mimodactylus libanensis. Image credit: Julius T. Csotonyi. "
" Quetzalcoatlus feeding on a unfortunate juvenile sauropod. ?
Credit: Peter Minister Quetzalcoatlus northropi is an azhdarchid pterosaur known from the Late Cretaceous of North America (Maastrichtian stage) and one of the largest known flying animals of all time. It is a member of the family Azhdarchidae, a family of advanced toothless pterosaurs with unusually long, stiffened necks. Its name comes from the Mesoamerican feathered serpent god, Quetzalcoatl. More recent estimates based on greater knowledge of azhdarchid proportions place its wingspan at 10–11 meters (33–36 ft). Remains found in Texas in 1971 indicate that this reptile had a minimum wingspan of about 11 metres. "
" Quetzalcoatlus northropi is an azhdarchid pterosaur known from the Late Cretaceous of North America (Maastrichtian stage) and one of the largest known flying animals of all time. It is a member of the family Azhdarchidae, a family of advanced toothless pterosaurs with unusually long, stiffened necks. Its name comes from the Mesoamerican feathered serpent god, Quetzalcoatl.
More recent estimates based on greater knowledge of azhdarchid proportions place its wingspan at 10–11 meters (33–36 ft). Remains found in Texas in 1971 indicate that this reptile had a minimum wingspan of about 11 metres. " Same text than at #7... But I think that the depiction in the previous post wasn't conceivable for the least. How a beast with such a so big wingspan would be able to move in a dense forest ? How could it land and fold its wings without them getting torn ? I rather think that the big pterodactyls could fly over the forested areas without posing a threat for potential preys. However on an open country the threat could be much more serious.
" Pelagornis sandersi was twice the width of a wandering albatross – the largest living bird – but was nevertheless dwarfed by the biggest pterosaurs
The largest known specimen, Quetzalcoatlus, had a 10-metre wingspan. An immense vertebra recently found in Romania suggests that pterosaurs may have grown even bigger than that. The largest flying animals today, such as the wandering albatross and the Andean condor, average a wingspan of around three metres. "
Quetzalcoatlus skeleton...
" Quetzalcoatlus northropi is an azhdarchid pterosaur known from the Late Cretaceous of North America and one of the largest known flying animals of all time. More recent estimates based on greater knowledge of azhdarchid proportions place its wingspan at 10–11 meters (33–36 ft). Remains found in Texas in 1971 indicate that this reptile had a minimum wingspan of about 11 metres. "
Christian Reno: " Tropeognathus " by Hugo Salais.
Tropeognathus: having lived in South America during the Late Early Cretaceous. Wingspan: till 8,20 meters. |
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