The pterosaur Quetzalcoatlus northropi is the largest known flying animal to have ever existed, living on Earth more than 67 million years ago. Now new research on the creature and its newly discovered smaller relative, Quetzalcoatlus lawsoni, give
, living on Earth more than 67 million years ago. Now new research on the creature and its newly discovered smaller relative,flew and got airborne to begin with.is based on hundreds of fossils discovered in modern-day Texas, and its take-off method has been a matter of some dispute: It has been suggested that it ran to build up speed like an albatross before flying, or rocked on its wingtips like a bat, or perhaps that itThe new study suggests that the pterosaur used a leap of up to 2.
from the University of California Museum of Paleontology."This may be the best option for taking off, though it depends on sufficient power from the legs.""The animal had to flap its wings to stall and slow its descent before it lands with its back feet and takes a little hop," Padian explains."Then it puts down its front feet, assumes a four-legged posture, straightens itself out, and walks away.
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