The pterosaur Quetzalcoatlus northropi is the largest known flying animal to have ever existed, living on Earth more than 67 million years ago. Now new research on the creature and its newly discovered smaller relative, Quetzalcoatlus lawsoni, gi
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Fort Sam Houston s famed Quadrangle peacocks a tradition still strutting after 120 years at the San Antonio Army post
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A peacock stands among ducks and other peafowl in the Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Quadrangle.Lisa Krantz /Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
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A photo marked 1947 of peafowl at the Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Quadrangle.Fort Sam Houston MuseumShow MoreShow Less
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A photo circa 1920 of a peafowl at the Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Quadrangle.Fort Sam Houston MuseumShow MoreShow Less
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A photo circa 1967 of woman near a peacock at the Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Quadrangle.Fort Sam Houston MuseumShow MoreShow Less
San Antonio, Texas was home to biggest flying dinosaur ever: Quetzalcoatlus: named after Aztec god
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A flock of giant Quetzalcoatluses in flight during the Cretaceous Period.Mark Stevenson / Stocktrek Images /Getty ImagesShow MoreShow Less
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A fleshed-out replica of the Quetzalcoatlus, a prehistoric pterosaur that flew around what s now Texas and the San Antonio area more than 60 million years ago, hangs over the entrance of the Witte Museum.Jessica Phelps /Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
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Frankie Lopez (left) and his wife Nicole and their children Austin and Aubree check out a skeletal replica of the Quetzalcoatlus at the Witte Museum. The mighty pterosaur likely walked on all fours.Jessica Phelps /Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less