(ket-zel-KWAT-a-lus)
Meat-eater
35 feet wide
Late Cretaceous, 65 million years ago
Western North America, Montana
Quetzalcoatlus was the largest animal that ever flew. It was as wide as a fighter jet. Like many other pterosaurs it was lightly built, with a thin body, long jaw, and sharp small teeth used to catch fish. Quetzalcoatlus is also the name for a feathered flying god worshiped by the Aztec civilization of Mexico.
