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Quetzalcoatlus (pronounced KET-sal-koh-AHT-lus) was a giant pterosaur from the late Cretaceous period, and the largest flying animal ever.

Quetzalcoatlus wingspan was just under 36 feet wide (10.96 m). It had hollow bones, was lightly built, and had a small body. Even though it was very big, it probably weighed only about 300 pounds (135 kg). It had toothless jaws and a long, thin beak. The neck was 10 feet (3 m) long. The legs were over 7 feet (2.1 m) in length, as was the long head.

Quetzalcoatlus had a large brain and big eyes (it probably had good eyesight). Fur-like fuzz (modified scales) may have covered its body. A lightweight, bony crest on the head may have been a sexual characteristic. It used to be thought that the crest acted as a rudder for flying, but this was probably not the case.

A leathery membrane covered Quetzalcoatlus wings. This thin but tough membrane stretched between its body, the top of its legs and its elongated fourth fingers, forming the structure of the wing. Claws protruded from the other fingers. Quetzalcoatlus probably relied on updrafts (rising warm air) and breezes to help it fly.

Quetzalcoatlus lived during the late Cretaceous period and died out about 65 million years ago, during the K-T mass extinction.

Quetzalcoatlus was a carnivore, probably skimming the water to find prey. It lived inland from the sea, near fresh-water ponds (so its diet was not primarily sea fishes and marine mollusks like other pterosaurs). It probably ate arthropods (like early crayfish) and dying animals. It probably hunted its prey by gliding toward the water and swooping up its meals. It filtered its food through its long, pointed, toothless jaws. Quetzalcoatlus must have had good eyesight in order to spot meals from the air.

Douglas A. Lawson (who was then a geology graduate student at the University of Texas, Austin) found the first Quetzalcoatlus fossil in Big Bend National Park, Texas, USA, in 1971. Lawson named Quetzalcoatlus 1975. Other smaller specimens have been found.

	The Following Replicas were all found in the Solnhofen Rock Formation in the region of Bavaria Germany. Many of the original specimens were found nearly 140 years ago.
	Europe
click image to get details	Rhamphorhynchus muensteri - Pterosaur Jurassic age from the Solnhofen formation, Germany. Size 12.5" x 22.5" (plate) Cost $180 Item # rep/muensteri-bsr/ad180
	Pterodactylus Antiguus [ A ] Jurassic age from Germany. Cost $60 Size 8" x 7" Item # rep/pantigusA-bsr/pp60
	Pterodactylus Antiguus [ B ] Jurassic age from Germany. Cost $60 Size 7" x 5" This was the first Pterodactylus ever discovered (1800's). Item # rep/pantigusB-bsr/pp60 Note: This fossil was the first Pterodactylus ever discovered and studied by Baron Von Cuvier in 1801. Today the Baron is known as the Father of Vertebra Paleontology and the fossil is also known as the Cuvier Specimen.
	Pterodactylus elegans Jurassic age from Germany. Cost $30 Size 4" x 3" Item # rep/elegans-bsr/pp30
	Pterodactylus Kocki [ A ] Jurassic age from Germany. Cost $60 Size Plaque - 8" x 7" Item # rep/kockiA-bsr/pp60
	Pterodactylus Kocki [ B ] Jurassic age from Germany. Cost $60 Size Plaque - 7" x 6" Item # rep/kockiB-bsr/pp60
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	Campylognathoides zitteli Jurassic age from Holzmaden, Germany. Cost $ 145 Size Plaque - 17" x 28" Item # rep/pittspec-bsr/pp145 Note: This specimen was found in Germany in 1897 and was bought by Andrew Carnegie in 1903 and the original specimen resides at the Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh, Pa. and to many people it is known as THE PITTSBURGH SPECIMEN.
click image to get details	Rhamphorhynchus - Pterosaur Jurassic age from Germany. Cost $95 Size 13" (pteradactyl) Size 13 5/8" x 9" (plate) Item # rep/rhampho-bsr/pp95
	Rhamphorhynchus - Pterosaur # 2 Jurassic age from Germany. Cost $195 Size 23" (pteradactyl) Size 25" x 14.5" (plate) Item # rep/rhampho2-bsr/ad195
	Scaphognathus - Pterosaur Jurassic age from the Solnhofen formation, Germany. Cost $75 Size 9.5" x 6.25" (plate) Item # rep/scaph-bsr/pp75
CLICK IMAGE CLICK IMAGE CLICK IMAGE	CLICK IMAGE Archaeopteryx bavarica , the Munich Specimen Jurassic age from the Solnhofen formation, Germany. Cost $280 Size 17 x 22 inches Item # rep/archiemunich-bsr/rg280 FYI: The Munich Archaeopteryx is the most recent specimen, it was discovered in 1992 and described by Peter Wellnhofer in 1993. Wellnhofer interpreted this specimen as a separate species, which he named Archaeopteryx bavarica. It is slightly larger than the Eichstätt specimen but smaller than the Berlin specimen. Despite being smaller than the Berlin specimen, the foot is just as big, and the tibia is longer than in the Berlin specimen. The ulna is also pretty long. The teeth are sharp as in the Eichstatt specimen, rather than blunt as in the London, Berlin, and Solnhofen specimens. This is the only specimen of Archaeopteryx which has a breastbone.
click image	Archaeopteryx lithographica Known as the Eichstatt specimen Jurassic age from Germany. Cost $95 Size 19" x 11" (matrix) This is the copy of the famous Eichstatt specimen 1 of 8 specimens. Although the feathers are not present it is considered by many scientists as the best fossilized, and is considered by many scientists as the link between dinosaurs and birds. Item # rep/archieeich-bsr/pp95
click image	Archaeopteryx lithographica- #51 Jurassic age from Germany. Cost $180 Size 18" x 14" This is the copy of the famous Berlin specimen (the only one ever found with the feathers) and is considered by many scientists as the link between dinosaurs and birds. Item # rep/archieberlin51-bsr/pp180 Note: Made of Hydrocal a mixture of plaster and resin. Note: What has reptilian teeth, a long bony tail, three clawed fingers on each forearm and...feathers? Archaeopteryx, of course. Sometimes referred to as the first bird we now understand Archaeopteryx to be part of a group related to the ancestors of modern birds. While Archaeopteryx had true feathers and could fly, the creature was mostly dinosaurian in form. Fewer than ten skeletons of Archaeopteryx have ever been found. Of these, the most famous is on exhibit at the Humboldt University Museum of Natural History in Berlin. Found in 1877 in German's Solnhofen Limestone, the Berlin specimen remains the best preserved Archaeopteryx of those so far discovered. From the claws and feathers on the wings to the teeth in the tiny skull, the Berlin skeleton is a window on bird evolution. We're proud to present an accurate replica of this famous skeleton. Of the many copies of the Berlin specimen available, few reflect the original's detail and color as well as our cast.
click images click image	Archaeopteryx lithographica # 52 Jurassic age from Germany. Cost $260 Size 18" x 14" This is the copy of the famous Berlin specimen (the only one ever found with the feathers) and is considered by many scientists as the link between dinosaurs and birds. Item # rep/archieberlin52-bsr/rg260 Note: Made of High Density Polyurethane. FYI: What has reptilian teeth, a long bony tail, three clawed fingers on each forearm and...feathers? Archaeopteryx, of course. Sometimes referred to as the first bird we now understand Archaeopteryx to be part of a group related to the ancestors of modern birds. While Archaeopteryx had true feathers and could fly, the creature was mostly dinosaurian in form. Fewer than ten skeletons of Archaeopteryx have ever been found. Of these, the most famous is on exhibit at the Humboldt University Museum of Natural History in Berlin. Found in 1877 in German's Solnhofen Limestone, the Berlin specimen remains the best preserved Archaeopteryx of those so far discovered. From the claws and feathers on the wings to the teeth in the tiny skull, the Berlin skeleton is a window on bird evolution. We're proud to present an accurate replica of this famous skeleton. Of the many copies of the Berlin specimen available, few reflect the original's detail and color as well as our cast.
click image	Ramphorhynchus # 6 Late Jurassic age Location: Germany Cost : $ 120 Size 13" x 13" ( Plate Size ) Item # rep/rhampho6-bsr/120rg Note: Rhamphorhynchus, meaning "beak snout", is a genus of long-tailed pterosaurs from the Jurassic period. Less specialized than contemporary, short-tailed pterodactyloid pterosaurs such as Pterodactylus, it had a long tail, stiffened with ligaments, which ended in a characteristic diamond-shaped vane. The jaws of Rhamphorhynchus housed needle-like teeth, which were angled forward, with a curved, sharp, beak-like tip lacking teeth, indicating a diet mainly of fish and insects. Although fragmentary fossil remains possibly belonging to Rhamphorhynchus have been found in England, Tanzania, and Spain, the best preserved come from the Solnhofen limestone of Bavaria, Germany. Many of these fossils preserve not only the bones but impressions of soft tissues such as wing membranes. Scattered teeth believed to belong to Rhamphorhynchus have been found in Portugal as well. This is a replica of a disarticulated specimen but clearly seen are the skull, wings and the body.
	From Russia
click image click image click image	information click image Sordespilosus ( known as the Hairy Devil Pterosaur ) Late Jurassic age Location: Kevatau Mountains, Kazakhstan Cost : $ 60 Size 6" x 7" ( Plate Size ) Item # rep/sorde-bsr/pp60
	Sharovipteryx Was known as Podopteryx. Triassic age from Russia. Cost $60 Size 6.75" (pteradactyl) Size 8.5" x 4" (plate) Note: Podopteryx (now Sharovipteryx) from Russia. A gliding thecodont (reptile) with "hand to foot" membrane much like a flying squirrel. The earliest known flying vertebrate (Triassic period) Item # rep/sharovi-bsr/pp60
	USA
	Nyctsaurus - Pterosaur Age: Cretaceous Location : Niobrara Chalk, Nebraska Size 49" x 28" (plate) Cost $ 675 Item # rep/nyc-bsr/675/vap ( Male & Female ) Note: The models you see is a male ( larger ) and a female Sculptured and made by Dan LoRusso of the Dinosaur Studio . Two years ago Mr. LoRusso created a full scale fleshed out Nyctosaurus for the Museum of Science here in Boston, Mass.
	SOUTH AMERICA
click image	Quetzalcoatlus, giant pterosaur skull sculpture # 1 Quetzalcoatlus (pronounced KET-sal-koh-AHT-lus) was a giant pterosaur from the late Cretaceous Scale 1:1 = Life Size. Size 24" Cost $ 900 Cretaceous age from Brazil. This creature had a 36 Foot wing span. Item # rep/quetz1-bsr900/rg Note: Quetzalcoatlus (pronounced KET-sal-koh-AHT-lus) was a giant pterosaur from the late Cretaceous period, and the largest flying animal ever. Quetzalcoatlus wingspan was just under 36 feet wide (10.96 m). It had hollow bones, was lightly built, and had a small body. Even though it was very big, it probably weighed only about 300 pounds (135 kg). It had toothless jaws and a long, thin beak. The neck was 10 feet (3 m) long. The legs were over 7 feet (2.1 m) in length, as was the long head. Quetzalcoatlus had a large brain and big eyes (it probably had good eyesight). Fur-like fuzz (modified scales) may have covered its body. A lightweight, bony crest on the head may have been a sexual characteristic. It used to be thought that the crest acted as a rudder for flying, but this was probably not the case. A leathery membrane covered Quetzalcoatlus wings. This thin but tough membrane stretched between its body, the top of its legs and its elongated fourth fingers, forming the structure of the wing. Claws protruded from the other fingers. Quetzalcoatlus probably relied on updrafts (rising warm air) and breezes to help it fly. Quetzalcoatlus lived during the late Cretaceous period and died out about 65 million years ago, during the K-T mass extinction. Quetzalcoatlus was a carnivore, probably skimming the water to find prey. It lived inland from the sea, near fresh-water ponds (so its diet was not primarily sea fishes and marine mollusks like other pterosaurs). It probably ate arthropods (like early crayfish) and dying animals. It probably hunted its prey by gliding toward the water and swooping up its meals. It filtered its food through its long, pointed, toothless jaws. Quetzalcoatlus must have had good eyesight in order to spot meals from the air. Douglas A. Lawson (who was then a geology graduate student at the University of Texas, Austin) found the first Quetzalcoatlus fossil in Big Bend National Park, Texas, USA, in 1971. Lawson named Quetzalcoatlus 1975. Other smaller specimens have been found.
click image	Santanadactylus pricei Skeleton fully articulated # 00 Scale 1:1 = Life Size. Size 43" Cost $1250 Age: Cretaceous age from Brazil. ( 120 million years old ) Formation: Santana Item # rep/santan00-bsr1250/ gd
click image	Anhanguera blittersdorfi Skull # 1 Scale 1:1 = Life Size. Size 24" Cost $700 ( comes with display base ) Age: Cretaceous age from Brazil. ( 120 million years old ) Formation: Santana Item # rep/anha1-bsr700/ gd
	Pterosaur [Tropeognathus] Age: Cretaceous. Location: Brazil. Cost: $440 Size: 46" wing span. [Almost 4 foot]. Item # rep/tropo-440bsr/vap This is a 1:5 scaled life reconstruction sculpture. Your Choice Brown or Gray.
	Tropeognathus Skull Plaque # 2 Scale 1:1 = Life Size. Size 18" Cost $125 Cretaceous age from Brazil. This creature had a 13 Foot wing span. Item # rep/tropeo2-bsr125/vap


Fossil Reproductions Pterosaurs *Updated Sept.9,2011*