The Heron dragon, the largest flying animal present on the Isles. With a 14 meter wingspan, they are said to travel beyond the horizon to carry in the clouds to bring spring rains. They are also notorious man eaters, often lurking outside fishing villages.

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Maxis’s wingspan, also slight redesign to the wings.

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Quetzalcoatlus

The longest pterosaur known with a 12 meter wingspan, they fed by hunting small creatures on the ground similarly to storks

ALT: for a long time it was discussed if such a large pterosaur would be able to fly, later studies found it could do it for up to 10 days

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Chill post-holiday vibes starting with Spending my Boxing Day with blankets and bird facts, and then maybe another game, who knows, let's hang.🐦

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Pterodactylus

A small creature with a meter long wingspan, its wings are made from a skin membrane connecting to a finger, it was covered in fuzz

ALT: As the first pterosaur discovered its affinities where unknown, this being one of the first showing a skin membrane to fly

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Azhdarcho

A pterodactyloid with a 4 m wingspan, its known from fragmentary remains including the long neck vertebrae that characterizes its family

ALT: Azhdarcho is named after giant flying snake like creatures from persian mythology, they grew in the sea from regular snakes

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Austriadactylus

A small rhamphorhynchoid with a 120 cm wingspan, like other members of its family it had an elongated tail, but his was more flexible

ALT: its been suggested to be a synonym of Eudimorphodon due to its similarities, but it would at least be a new species then

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Pretty sure this is a parody account, but for the record, jet fuel is located in tanks in the wings, not the engines (if that's what you're implying). The larger the plane, the greater the wingspan, the more fuel they can hold to take hundreds of passengers across the world.

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Hoy stream jugando Wingspan, un juego sobre aves con datos reales sobre diferentes especies. Vamos a jugar y aprender! ovo
Wingspan originalmenet es un juego de mesa pero sacaron juego digital en steam ovo ♥
En unos 20 minutos comenzamos!
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Anhanguera

A relative of ornithocheirus with a 4.6 meter wingspan, it used its spoon shaped jaw to catch and feed on fish

ALT: Añanga is Tupi for mythical spirits that protect animals, it has also been used to refer to the christian demon so anhanguera could mean old devil

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Geosternbergia

A large pterosaur with a 7.25 meter wingspan, its mainly known from female specimens, and in fact its believed to be a female pteranodon instead of its own genus

ALT: believed to be a geosternbergia synonym, this makes both likely to be pteranodon synonyms

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Les sorties eShop de la semaine (Wingspan, Deemo Reborn, Professor Lupo : Ocean…) et l’offre Promotion du nouvel an https://t.co/IdguNdKCWC

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It's New Year's Eve, so obviously time to talk about the discovery of giant pterosaurs. Most of us think of one animal as _the_ first giant pterosaur: the 7 m wingspan, North American Pteranodon. BUT - what if I told you this wasn't the first pterosaur giant known? Thread...

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JUST REVEALED at Gen Con — turn your up to 11 with EPIC ENCOUNTERS!

With a 16 inch wingspan, this Red Dragon will make your players tremble...and there's more to come!

And don’t miss a single thing > https://t.co/Xw7dnDGkDQ

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Massive bird-like monsters with a huge wingspan, decorated with feathers as sharp as stalactites. Its signature "CAW!!" will rattle your poor eardrums!

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It's 🐝 You might think of bumblebees or honeybees quickly, but these amazing insects come in all sorts of colors and sizes around the world! From the tiniest at 1.8 mm long to the largest with a 6 cm wingspan, there are an estimated 20K bee species on Earth!

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A fact about Skyiler, he can shape shift into a feral form of himself. This form is 15 feet tall and 45 feet long with an 89 foot wingspan, weighing about 10 tons. Scary part, he has feline paw made to sneak!

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The I created for 's brand new rhamphorhynchid taxon Klobiodon rochei. This was a big animal for the Middle Jurassic with a 2 m wingspan, a robust jaw and some awesome teeth. Read about it (and more about Mike's work) here: https://t.co/11uIsQegzp

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Manta Rays don't have a defensive spine on it's tail like most other rays - but with a 20 foot wingspan, what do you need protection from? Despite their large size, manta rays are filter feeders and love plankton.

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