10 Largest Flying Prehistoric Animals

[@vh4-rr545]

Hatzegopteryx is the largest when it comes to overall mass Quetzalcoatlus looks larger becuase of it's taller, thinner, and longer stature. So in appearance, Quetzalcoatlus is the larger one, but when it comes to weight and overall mass, Hatzegopteryx takes it It's like saying Spinosaurus is larger than Tyrannosaurus because of its longer stature and its sail. But in reality, Tyrannosaurus is the actual larger one because of weight and overall mass.

[@Spinosaurus_0]

Yeah like it’s technically bigger but in mass and weight it isn’t

[@DavidImaniJingle]

Spinosaurus is much heavier wat are you talking about

[@DavidImaniJingle]

The T-Rex was a very large dinosaur that weighed up to 15,000 lbs, stood anywhere from 12-20ft in height, and was about 40ft long. Many people think the T-Rex is the king of all dinosaurs in terms of size, but the Spinosaurus dwarfs it. Spinosaurus weighs 31,000 pounds, stood 23ft tall, and could reach 60ft in length.

[@somekidcalledmark3754]

​@@DavidImaniJinglespinosaur is 7t and rex is 11t if spinosaur was 8-11t too his body will crashed

[@DavidImaniJingle]

@@somekidcalledmark3754 tell that to the scientist not me

[@CRAZYFUNBOOM]

1 ton?? The maximum weight that it could acquire would be around 250 to 300 Kg.

[@somekidcalledmark3754]

If he was landed bird it can be 1-2ton but this was flying so he most be 300kg for fly

[@romania_patriotedits1450]

Correction: Hatzegopteryx was the largest

[@Scion3Sevens]

that's an opinion as of January 2024, not a known fact

[@crestedargo4663]

This type of videos don't make a lot of sense: what we can affirm is that all the largest pterosaurs belonged to the family Azdarchidae (the four largest in this video are part of this family), with a wingspan measuring probably between 10m and 13m, but the bones found are too fragmentated and in such small numbers (for the largest specimens), that is not possible to be so precise. Also about their mass, we really don't know how much they weighted, but for sure what is stated in this video is impossible, that is that a Quetzalcoatlus with a wingspan of 10-11m could weight 70kg, while an Arambourgiania with a 13m wingspan would weight more than 1 ton. There were probably some heavier and some more slender species, but the weight could not differ so much: all of the largest Azdarchidae must have been between 150 and 350kg, 1 ton is simply wrong

[@suricata1993]

Not bigger than a T Rex and definitely not weighting 1 ton… 1 ton makes it unfit to fly! Such bs

[@Penguinboy400]

Maybe look into things sometime. Quetz was larger than a T rex. And 1 ton does not make it unfit to fly. Thats why it has big wings

[@Harisankar.P]

​@@Penguinboy400currently the heaviest pterosaur hatzegopteryx has an estimated weight of only 300kg and this is the highest weight according to modern studies so no, a 1 tone pterosaur won't fly

[@nguyenhoangquan1997]

The largest flying dinosaur was Quetzalcoatlus. They was 550 cm (18'0.5") tall and 300 kg (661 lbs) weigh (their height and weight was equal giraffe) In addition, Quetzalcoatlus's length of wingspan was 1100 cm (36'1") 😱😱😱

[@Spiderwall]

Quetzalcoatles was not a dinosaur it was a flying reptile

[@nguyenhoangquan1997]

@@Spiderwall oh, I always thought that it was dinosaur

[@TarbosaurusBaatar]

@@nguyenhoangquan1997Your statement is heavily flawed. It didn’t weight 300kg it weighed around 150-200kg

[@nguyenhoangquan1997]

@@TarbosaurusBaatar I have read an article which have written about Quetzalcoatlus and it said 300 kg

[@TarbosaurusBaatar]

@@nguyenhoangquan1997 Hatzegopteryx could weigh around 250-300kg, quetzalcoatlus northropi could not

[@joery969]

Not that its super important, because this video and these facts are awesome! But the size estimates of some of the biggest pterosaurs are still contested and new studies and findings change them all the time. For example, the max wingspan of Arambourgiania mentioned here is 13 m, after a study by Frey and Martill from the late 90s. However, other researches later put this into question and stated the max wingspan more likely was around 7 m. Then in 2010, Mark Witton and Michael Habib argued that a 7 m wingspan is an underestimate, while a 13 m wingspan is an overestimate. In 2022, Gregory S. Paul proposed that Arambourgiania had a wingspan of 9 m. As you can see the estimates are all over the place, because research and debate are ongoing. But whatever the exact size was, they must have been very impressive and amazing animals!

[@Scion3Sevens]

this is true - and the fossil evidence is far, far from complete at this point - some day, this may be settled with more complete finds

[@szodoss7764]

Hatzegopteryx was the most robust, and the heaviest.

[@Scion3Sevens]

both words mean the same thing - and - these are just guesstimates based on very scanty fossil material -- until 70% -plus complete fossils are found, we really don't know

[@williammoreno-pp1og]

Pretty sure quetzal was taller then a Hatze, hazte is only bigger by mass, while the quetzal is larger by height, and by wingspan, the thing that people don’t understand is that the quetzal is taller and wider while the Hatze is just bigger by mass!

[@crinsombone5380]

Mass is more important when it comes to judging how big an animal is

[@williammoreno-pp1og]

@@crinsombone5380 but they were almost the exact same mass tho?

[@butterflyandrose5547]

1 arambourgiana philadelphinae 2 quetzalcoatlus nothropi 3 hatzegopteryx 4 cryodrakon boreas 5 tropeognathus 6 geosterbergia 7 albadraco thermenensis 8 coloboronychus 9 p longicep 10 tupuxuara 11 tupandactylus

[@kittencatyguyooferdot2640]

Quetz is the biggest

[@raymondfurgison6328]

It said Arambourgiana was not a dinosaur so Quetzalcoatl was the biggest flying dinosaur

[@kittencatyguyooferdot2640]

@@raymondfurgison6328dude quetzalcoatlus was not a dinosaur it was a pterosaur

[@mr.malachite3027]

@@raymondfurgison6328none of the creatures here are dinosaurs, they’re not even closely related, the closest ancestors are archosaurs and even then pterosaurs are more closely related to crocodiles than they are to dinosaurs

[@masteroftheallfish1332]

Other fact (my version): the smallest pterosaur had a wingspan of 25 cm or less than the Queen Alexandra's Butterfly which had a wingspan of 28 cm

[@Spikethealligator]

4:00 these pterosaurs i think would be omnivores they could easily eat leaves from the top of trees and use their pointy beaks to catch fish like herons

[@felix25ize]

At a Cretaceous Mac Dino, was it possible to ask for a little wrap of Arambourgiania ? Or may be a chickenosaur burger ?

[@unoriginalname2842]

How come almost all of the timestamp names are spelt incorrectly

[@raceplayzichighidorahplayz702]

Especially “Tyrannodon” instead of “Pteranodon” 💀

[@Diamond-2763]

​@@raceplayzichighidorahplayz702 and also “Hadzigobteryx” instead of “Hatzegopteryx”

[@Cave_dweller_real]

"Alamborghini"

[@Sidjfie838]

Quetzalcoatlus is the biggest :(

[@Sidjfie838]

It is known that Quetzalko is the biggest as the hazegovteryx tree has been nerfed.

[@dinojack5567]

Well, new studies have shown that Arambourgiana was actually the biggest

[@dinojack5567]

Also, yes Hategopteryx is smaller but heavier than Quetzalcoatlus.

[@ricardoarguel1624]

​@@dinojack5567 isn't size measured with mass not height? So would that make hatzegopteryx the largest due to it being heavier?

[@NathanNeckles]

Hatszegopterex is the biggest

[@lindagodfrey9994]

Technically, hatze is bigger because it has more mass, and size is measured in mass, not height.

[@Whatareyoudoinginmyswamp.]

So large :)

[@travis.draven]

Forgot the barbaridactylus

[@berserkerbloodforge682]

Do you think any of them would be rideable

[@xeth9126]

I think question resides in whether these creatures could bond with humans like it happens with dogs, horses etc.

[@TheRandomWolf]

No, they weighed only 400 - 600 pounds, they couldn’t handle the extra weight of an adult human, well at least they couldn’t take flight with a human on Maybe if you were a kid you could have the ride of a life time

[@kaiomarmoldamasio5548]

Before people say some shit against me, new studies show that Arambourgiana was a quite smaller than quetzalcoatlus, having 8 to 9 meters (some people say 10) while quetzal could have 11 to 15.9 meters. To see real quetzalcoatlus you need to search a little bit. Edit: i said that he could have 15 meter, but in reality it was 15.9

[@prickle1998]

"Tero-no-don" "Kwet-sel-co-atlus"

[@MrTriangleWorld]

Did someone else write the timestamps in the description? The names there don’t match with most of the names in the video.

[@teslacybertruck750]

Fake info? I thought the Hatz was the biggest

[@Orniisss]

No new research shows hatz was much more robustly and built than other pterosaurs, quetz was larger in terms of height. Arambourghiana was the largest

[@PteranoLiv]

@@Orniissssize is determined by mass so technically hatzegopteryx is indeed the latgest

[@Orniisss]

@@PteranoLiv yeah thats true

[@Orange_Juli]

5:40 VALGAME DIOS

[@kittencatyguyooferdot2640]

the must have gotten a smaller Quetzalcoatlus species

[@198-rx]

the drones of the past🤔

[@HarleenIsley-tn7ti]

Hatz is wider then the quetz

[@whitewolf3051]

Imagine *if* had a pelican the size of a santandactylus, *could* fly despite its size, even with a person riding on its back even. Or even the size of a tupuxuara or pteranodon. Imagine *if* pteranodon, coloborhynchus, geosterngergia, tropeognathus hadn't gone extinct, be strong enough to fly while be ridden by a full sized, slim and light, adult. Too bad *none* of the Jurassic movies had people ride a pteranodon.

[@grug771]

have you heard about the game called Ark Survival?

[@whitewolf3051]

@@grug771 In real life *if* possible, as well as *wishing* games other *than* Ark with such mechanics. Ever read books "A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder," "Eye of Balamok," watched the cartoon Dino Riders, or checked out James Gurney's Dinotopia series? All before Ark. Ever wondered what it would be like?

[@Scion3Sevens]

no species survives 66-plus million years -- their descendant-species could still be around if nature had not intervened, but not themselves

[@CarlAltamira]

i tough quetzalcoatlus was the biggest😲😲😨😨

[@jking8054]

Geosternbergia was not bigger then a human!

[@johnbuttman7463]

All species??

[@jking8054]

@@johnbuttman7463 no not all

[@somekidcalledmark3754]

Actually it was not bigger than t-rex just taller by 13m wings t-rex 11ton and the flying reptile way between 250kg-400kg mass because he was flying animal just like the birds and bats Because of the lightness of the bones

[@ellidominusser1138]

5:54 it's weight was over a ton? You do realize that's impossible for a flying animal that size right? Somethin like 150-300kg would be possible, if it was able to fly.

[@Shiningstar-p8x]

Dragon?

[@user-eb8ut9oj5x]

Привет всем своим родным по утрам с вами и с удовольствием

[@wakemeupb4ugogo175]

the quetz is the biggest

[@GourmandRainworld]

0:27 is based off pied billed grebe

[@ricardodocafecomleite8297]

Infelizmente muitos fósseis brasileiros estão fora do país, e então os brasileiros não podem ver os animais que viveram em seu país a muito tempo atrás. Os fósseis brasileiros devem ficar no Brasil por lei

[@heitortavaresgomes]

Faz um video do tupuxara

[@orangecobraEU]

When you know this things eaten humans its starting be super disturbing 💀

[@mr.malachite3027]

Humans didn’t exit at the same time as these, in fact they didn’t exist for about another 65 million years

[@orangecobraEU]

@@mr.malachite3027 i know, i mean if there were humans they would eat us

[@mr.malachite3027]

@@orangecobraEU thanks for the clarification my friend ❤️

[@Dadang-ys8me]

Biggest egg to cook

[@godzillaboi2682]

I saw the T. rex video now its time for pterodactyl

[@mattiyt2782]

4:54 it couldnt weigh as low as 70 kg the lowest it could was 200 kg and the normal weight is 250 kg

[@rinzler3202]

there is a smaller species calle Quetzalcoatlas lawsoni

[@mattiyt2782]

@@rinzler3202 they were talking about the normal big species so no its not that small species.

[@rinzler3202]

@@mattiyt2782 there is no subspecies mention here only the genus quetzalcoatlas

[@widodoakrom3938]

300

[@GenericDan]

​@@mattiyt2782Most of what we know about Q. northropi is from the smaller species.

[@bigchungus6853]

god I was hoping this wouldn't be clickbait.. Can't have any good informing paleo content on youtube aside from PBS Eons huh.

[@KissEmGn]

wdym clickbait

[@bigchungus6853]

@@KissEmGn it's not even accurate, hatz is the largest

[@KissEmGn]

@@bigchungus6853 ohhhhh like mass? bc ik arambourgiania was like large in terms of size not weight

[@bigchungus6853]

@@KissEmGn something being larger than something else means it has more mass, more weight, so hatz is the heaviest and therefore largest flying animal ever.

[@KissEmGn]

@@bigchungus6853 ahhh ok, but like in measurements like wingspan and height arambour was “bigger”

[@Scion3Sevens]

tur-RIN-o-don??!?!? Is this made with a computer voice, or is the kid narrator just completely ignorant of the pronunciation of ptero names?

[@S0LAAARRRRR]

quetzal is biggest and i guess ptreodausto is forgotten

[@mtamprin5624]

Nomor 10 itu yg mirip

[@davidhughett6081]

Fascinating!

[@2littleshi846]

how tf did they fly with those giant heads

[@kittencatyguyooferdot2640]

Maybe quetz weighs less but its taller !

[@migueljardim8177]

Size is measured by mass not height.

[@kittencatyguyooferdot2640]

ik i didnt know back then@@migueljardim8177

[@kittencatyguyooferdot2640]

Quetzalcoatlus northropi is the biggest

[@asiy1809]

No

[@kittencatyguyooferdot2640]

@@asiy1809 Yes?

[@kittencatyguyooferdot2640]

@@asiy1809 Search it up

[@asiy1809]

@@kittencatyguyooferdot2640 no

[@asiy1809]

@@kittencatyguyooferdot2640 hatzagpteryx has more weight than Quetz (about 300kg, Quetz weight 200kg) Arambaruina (i hope i write it true) is the tallest and weight about 150-250 kg.

[@AntzLoks1314]

Antz-that-crawls-on-the-ground

[@masteroftheallfish1332]

The world largest pterosaurs (As well as being the largest flying animal that ever existed) Endemic which is now a Muslim-majority country they called Jordan.

[@National_Russian_Government]

Excuse me where is ornithocheirus

[@ctk381]

What about dragons

[@dnjj1845]

What does bigger mean? In length, width, height, mass, volume, density? Something else?

[@Jack_The_Ripper_Here]

In everything. Bigger is bigger. I will make a very specific video for you. The fattest dinosaur. The tallest. The longest. Weirdo

[@migueljardim8177]

Mass

[@bumpy_hoop]

I'm the biggest bird i'm the biggest bird

[@DinobEpic67]

Wait what. Quetzalcoatlus was bigger bot hatzegopteryx?

[@jackmossy2177]

Hatzegopteryx was heavier

[@DinobEpic67]

@@jackmossy2177 ohhh

[@mtamprin5624]

Inilah yg di sebut burung pemangsa pada hari kiamat

[@13pitbulllover]

Most of the pterosaurs in this video are not even that large!

[@rogerrobertgamer8312]

Geosternbergia and pteranodon are not even large!

[@TheRandomWolf]

Still bigger than any living flying animal today

[@jojogaming7173]

The quetz was the biggest

[@Leon-bc8hm]

Nope

[@williammoreno-pp1og]

@@Leon-bc8hmwell go say that too the scientist all over the world that agreed the quetz is the largest flying dinosaur in the world!

[@janineryan1477]

Yeah Quetzalcoatlus is the biggest😤😤😤

[@Happy_Buddah_Bonsai_UK]

They still live on Jupiter

[@nanagajah967]

where tapejara alanqa tupandactylus????

[@bigchungus6853]

it's almost like those... GASP... aren't anywhere near the biggest??? who could imagine that tapejara is barely the size of a human hand!!

[@aksciworld55]

No Quetzalcoatlus size 43 feet long taller than trex 3 giraffes Quetzalcoatlus

[@09lindseyw]

Agreed

[@kittencatyguyooferdot2640]

Quetzalcoatlus was the largest pterosaur ever there isnt one bigger

[@saurongor]

Tallest but not biggest

[@kittencatyguyooferdot2640]

@@saurongor yeah

[@williammoreno-pp1og]

@@saurongorlargest but not biggest.

[@urlocalninja18890]

Quetzal and hatzegpteryx were talking as a girrafe but not the biggest it's none other the biggest pterosaur is arambourghiana

[@urlocalninja18890]

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