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Quetzalcoatlus

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Quetzalcoatlus
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian), 68–66 Ma
Restored Quetzalcoatlus skeleton
displayed in quadrupedal stance,
Houston Museum of Natural Science
Scientific classification
Kinrick: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Cless: Sauropsida
Order: Pterosauria
Suborder: Pterodactyloidea
Faimily: Azdarchidae
Genus: Quetzalcoatlus
Lawson, 1975
Teep species
Quetzalcoatlus northropi
Lawson, 1975

Quetzalcoatlus is an extinct genus o azhdarchid pterosaur knawn from the Late Cretaceous Maastrichtian age o North Americae. Its name comes from the Aztec feethered serpent god Quetzalcoatl. Type species is Q. northropi, named by Douglas Lawson in 1975.