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Quetzalcoatlus died out 65.5 million years ago, at the same time as all other pterosaurs, the non-avian dinosaurs, and many other species became extinct. This is known as the K-T Extinction Event, and it wiped out 75% of Earth's species. The most widely accepted theory for the cause of this extinction is that a 6 mile wide asteroid crashed into the Yucatan Peninsula, leaving a crater that was 100 miles wide. So much ash and dust were launched into the atmosphere by the impact that sunlight was blocked for months or even years. During that time, plants withered and died, leaving plant eaters to starve, and their predators would have in turn died. Quetzalcoatlus was a carnivore, so it would have died after all of its prey disappeared.
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· Quetzalcoatlus (an extinct dinosaur)
Did prehistoric people live with dinosaur If so was the Quetzalcoatlus one of them?
No. Prehistoric people came onto the scene about 65 million years after the dinosaurs went extinct. Quetzalcoatlus was one of the last pterosaurs (not a dinosaur), living about 65-70 million years ago. It too went extinct at the same time the dinosaurs did.
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