azhdarchid

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azhdarchid (plural azhdarchids)

Any member of the Azhdarchidae, a family of pterosaurs known primarily from the late Cretaceous including some of the largest known flying animals of all time.

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Another specimen, found with the bones of an azhdarchid pterosaur within its stomach cavity, was carrying or recovering from an injury sustained to its ribs. Source: Internet

Henderson, M.D. and Peterson, J.E. "An azhdarchid pterosaur cervical vertebra from the Hell Creek Formation (Maastrichtian) of southeastern Montana." Source: Internet

Furthermore, as a whole, azhdarchid front limbs were proportioned similarly to fast-running ungulate mammals. Source: Internet

More recent estimates based on greater knowledge of azhdarchid proportions place its wingspan at convert. Source: Internet

While azhdarchid pterosaurs probably could not run, they would have been relatively fast and energy efficient. Source: Internet

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