APPENDIX Z54: neo-Survival-of-the-Fittest orQ4P Extraordinariation
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APPENDIX Z54:
neo-Survival-of-the-Fittest
or
Q4P
∞
/Extraordinariation?
Approximately 67 million
years ago, a sleek, red-crowned
years ago, a sleek, red-crowned
ying dinosaur existed,
with a wingspan of ~35 feet, and a
with a wingspan of ~35 feet, and a
ying range of possibly ~9 days at-a-clip at 15,000
feet at
feet at
80 mph for 10,000+ miles.
Here are Wikipedia excerpts –
Quetzalcoatlus
Quetzalcoatlus (/ketsəlkou’ætləs/) was a pterodactyloid
pterosaur known from the Late Cretaceous of North
America (Maastrichtian stage,
about 68–65.5 million years
about 68–65.5 million years
ago), and one of the largest known ying animals of all
time….
More recent estimates based on greater
knowledge of
knowledge of
azhdarchid proportions
place its wingspan at
10–11 meters
place its wingspan at
10–11 meters
(33–36 ft)….
The nature of ight in Quetzalcoatlus and
other giant
other giant
azhdarchids was poorly
understood until serious
understood until serious
biomechanical studies were
conducted in the 21st
century….
conducted in the 21st
century….
After factoring wingspan,
body weight, and aerodynamics,
body weight, and aerodynamics,
a sophisticated computer
program led the two researchers
program led the two researchers
to conclude that Q. northropi was capable of ight “up to 80
miles an hour for 7 to 10 days at altitudes of
15,000 feet”.
15,000 feet”.
Mike Habib further
suggested a maximum ight range of
suggested a maximum ight range of
8,000 to 12,000 miles
for Q. northropi….
for Q. northropi….
[Note that the entire circumference
of the Earth is 25,000 miles.]
of the Earth is 25,000 miles.]
*
Quetzalcoatlus belongs to
the order Pterosauria which were ying
the order Pterosauria which were ying
reptiles. They existed
[144.5 million years] from
the late Triassic to the
[144.5 million years] from
the late Triassic to the
end of the Cretaceous Period (210 to 65.5 million years ago).
Scientic classication
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Pterosauria
Suborder: Pterodactyloidea
Family: Azhdarchidae
Genus: Quetzalcoatlus
Species: Q. northropi
Quetzalcoatlus flying
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35’
THE TRANSCENDENT DYNAMIC
Quetzalcoatlus on land, feeding
*Wikipedia Online, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quetzalcoatlus (accessed November 4, 2012)
