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Hey, /an/. Paleontology time. Every reconstruction of Quetzalcoatlus I see has the same basic setup. Skin flaps behind the arm bones to the legs and massive neck and head stretched out in front. This looks incredibly front-heavy to me and I cannot believe this is how the animal looked. What are the odds that Quetzalcoatlus folded its neck back like modern storks do while in flight? I don't know much about the neck articulation, so it may not have been possible. Barring that, is there any way to rule out increased wing surface area with either skin stretched in front of the arms to the neck, or fleshy kanards or both?
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Azhdarchids (the pterosaur group Quetzalcoatlus belongs to) had very, very rigid neck with few vertebrae. Think giraffe, not stork.
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>>302833
That's what I thought. I know that Pteradons and smaller pterasaurs have been found with outlines were the wing profile has been preserved. Is this the case with Quetzalcoatlus? I'm thinking it's possible that the wing extended both in front of and behind the arms. Or at least karnards that create some lift for that massive head during flight.