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Quetzalcoatlus northropi
Up Close and Personal
mounted reconstruction on lone from Dallas Museum of Natural History
"Dinosaurs of Texas" Exhibit at the Grace Museum 2003-04
and bone fragments found by the Boneheads Club
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(kwet-zel-KWAT-lus NORTH-ro-PI) Period: Upper Cretaceous, Javelina Formation Location: Big Bend National Park, Texas Collection: Dallas Museum of Natural History Size: ? mm long |
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Reconstructed Wing
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Quetzalcoatlus northropi (kwet-zel-KWAT-lus NORTH-ro-PI) Period: Upper Cretaceous, Boquillas formation Location: near Terlingua Texas Collection: Ken Barns |
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Femur
Size: 14 1/2" x 2 1/8" wide shaft
Found by: Kim Knight of the Bonehead Club
Boneheads excavated, cleaned, prepared, molded, and cast.
Bone Fragments (wing?)
Found by: by Marsha Morgan of the Bonehead Club
Reassembly by: Jo Cox
Notice how thin these fragments are. Pterosaurs had thin hollow bones.
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