Rankings / Prehistoric / Air / Middleweight / Quetzalcoatlus
Prehistoric · Late CretaceousAirMiddleweight
Quetzalcoatlus
Quetzalcoatlus northropi · Texas (Big Bend)
Record
0–0
Win rate
–
Fight rating
1,500
Fighter stats
Estimates from fossils, for adults- Lived
- About 68–66 million years ago
- Weight
- ~400–550 lb (estimates vary)
- Size
- Wingspan ~33–39 ft; about giraffe height standing
- Top speed
- Unknown
- Weapons
- Long, sharp, toothless beak
- Diet
- Carnivore: fish, small animals
- Lifespan
- Unknown
Power-ups
- Largest flying animal ever
- Huge reach
- Could leap ~8 ft straight up to take off
Weak spots
- Delicate beak
- Light, hollow bones
Fight record
No fights here yet
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In the wild
Quetzalcoatlus was found in Big Bend National Park in 1971 by a 22-year-old grad student. It took off by leaping about 8 ft into the air.
Source: jsg.utexas.eduA 2021 study suggests it hunted like a giant heron, plucking fish and small animals from water and swallowing them whole.
Source: nhm.ac.uk