Wingspan5.6 m
800 millionChip transistor gates
3.7 tenthsGarden hose lengths
2.23Phone booth heights
Average adult male
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Pteranodon
A flying reptile with a wingspan wider than a small airplane/Dinosaurs & Extinct Animals
Pteranodon was not a dinosaur but a pterosaur, a flying reptile that soared over Late Cretaceous seas. With a 5.6-meter wingspan and a body mass of only 20 kg, it was built for efficient gliding. Its distinctive backward-pointing head crest likely served as a counterbalance to its long beak and may have been used in mating displays.
Measurements
Body mass20 kg
400,000Water drops
7.4 thousandthsBlue whale tongues
800 millionthsLoaded garbage trucks
Extremely lightweight for its size
Head crest length8 tenths m
18.2Oreo diameters
6 hundredthsBadminton courts
1.8 thousandthsPetronas Tower heights
Males had longer crests
Beak length1.2 m
5.9 tenthsDoor heights
2 tenthsIce cream truck lengths
6Brick lengths
Long, toothless beak
Estimated gliding speed11 m/s
2.75Running chickens
1.4 thousandthsISS orbital speeds
3.2 hundredthsSpeeds of sound
About 40 km/h
Body length1.8 m
6Wine bottle heights
120 trillionUranium nuclei
24Hat brim widths
Head to tail
Era2.7 quadrillion s
1.1 billionLunar months
4.5 trillionCar washes
1.8 trillionPomodoro timers
Lived about 85 million years ago