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Quetzalcoatlus (ket-zel-KWAT-a-lus) Meat eater, 35 feet wide, late Cretaceous period. 65 million years ago located in western North America, Montana. Quetzalcoatlus was the largest animal that ever flew. It was as wide as a fighter jet. Like many other pterosaurs, it was lightly built, with a thin body, long jaw and sharp small teeth used to catch fish. Quetzalcoatlus is also the name for a feathered flying god worshiped by the Aztec civilization of Mexico.