Quetzalcoatlus and Other Giant Pterosaurs were Short-Range Flyers
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Scientists have used aerodynamic models to comprehensively quantify soaring performances and wind requirements of these extinct pterosaurs and volant birds and compared them with extant soaring birds.
The evolution of depictions of Quetzalcoatlus, showing that the genus (and azhdarchids in general) were pterosaurs that hunted on foot rather than being aerial predators like most (though not all) predatory birds.
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