风神翼龙

📖 1. 概览

翼展估计约10～11米，站在地面上时身高约5米，与长颈鹿相近，是迄今已知最大的飞行动物之一。

🌐 Wikipedia 摘要摘录

Quetzalcoatlus is a genus of azhdarchid pterosaur that lived during the Maastrichtian age of the Late Cretaceous in North America. The type specimen, recovered in 1971 from the Javelina Formation of Texas, United States, consists of several wing fragments and was described as Quetzalcoatlus northropi in 1975 by Douglas Lawson. The generic name refers to the Aztec serpent god of the sky, Quetzalcōātl, while the specific name honors Jack Northrop, designer of a tailless fixed-wing aircraft. The remains of a second species were found between 1972 and 1974, also by Lawson, around 40 km (25 mi) from the Q. northropi locality. In 2021, these remains were assigned to the name Quetzalcoatlus lawsoni by Brian Andres and (posthumously) Wann Langston Jr., as part of a series of publications on the genus.

🦴 2. 身体结构与特征

目前主流假说认为，它在地面上四足行走，用长喙捕食小型动物，并靠前肢蹬地起飞。

🔍 3. 化石记录与古生态

它是站在成年男性（1.75米）身旁时展现出最震撼体型对比的翼龙。

🇰🇷 4. 与韩国的关联

与朝鲜半岛南海岸的“海南足迹（Haenamichnus）”翼龙行迹化石同属神龙翼龙科。