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Comparative sizes of Quetzalcoatlus northropi (2.5 m tall at shoulder;

Comparative sizes of Quetzalcoatlus northropi (2.5 m tall at shoulder;

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Download scientific diagram | Comparative sizes of Quetzalcoatlus northropi (2.5 m tall at shoulder; 250 kg estimated mass); the author (1.75 m total height, 65 kg measured mass) and Giraffa camelopardalis (2.75 m tall at shoulder; measured mass 636–1395 kg). Scale bar represents 2 m. from publication: A new approach to determining pterosaur body mass and its implications for pterosaur flight | Efforts to establish the masses of pterosaurs have been attempted for almost a century, but the methods employed are often as problematic as their conclusions that pterosaurs are unusually lightweight. Historically, most pterosaur masses have been determined through geometric | Wing, Ecomorphology and Palaeoecology | ResearchGate, the professional network for scientists.