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How Big Is a Quetzalcoatlus?

A quetzalcoatlus is about 16 ft (5 m) tall. That is 11 ft (3.29 m) taller than the average man (5 ft 7 in). A giant flying reptile (pterosaur), as tall as a giraffe.

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How big is a quetzalcoatlus compared to the average man?

A quetzalcoatlus is 11 ft (3.29 m) taller than the average man (5 ft 7 in). That makes a quetzalcoatlus 2.9× the size of the average man. By volume, about 3.6 average men would fit inside a quetzalcoatlus.

Quetzalcoatlus height in feet, inches, centimeters and meters

A quetzalcoatlus measures:

Unit	Value
Feet and inches	16 ft 5 in
Inches	197 in
Centimeters	500 cm
Meters	5 m

Quetzalcoatlus size facts

Standing on the ground, Quetzalcoatlus was about as tall as a giraffe, around 5 meters.
Its wingspan was about 10 to 11 meters.
It was a pterosaur, a cousin of dinosaurs, not a dinosaur.

How does a quetzalcoatlus compare to other things?

A quetzalcoatlus next to 25 things of similar size, plus some everyday references:

Thing	Size	Compared to Quetzalcoatlus
Sun	865,000 miles (1,393,000 km) across	279 million× bigger
Earth	7,920 miles (12,740 km) across	2.55 million× bigger
Mount Everest	5.5 miles (8.849 km)	1,770× bigger
Eiffel Tower	1,083 ft (330 m)	66× bigger
School bus	40 ft (12.2 m) long	24 ft (7.2 m) bigger
Orca	25 ft (7.5 m) long	8 ft 2 in (250 cm) bigger
Stonehenge	24 ft (7.3 m)	7 ft 7 in (230 cm) bigger
Ankylosaurus	23 ft (7 m) long	6 ft 7 in (200 cm) bigger
Dilophosaurus	23 ft (7 m) long	6 ft 7 in (200 cm) bigger
Pteranodon	20 ft (6 m) long	3 ft 3 in (100 cm) bigger
Pickup truck	19 ft (5.9 m) long	2 ft 11.5 in (90 cm) bigger
Giraffe	17 ft (5.2 m)	7.9 in (20 cm) bigger
Saltwater crocodile	17 ft (5.2 m) long	7.9 in (20 cm) bigger
Green anaconda	17 ft (5.2 m) long	7.9 in (20 cm) bigger
SUV	16 ft (4.9 m) long	3.9 in (10 cm) smaller
Car (sedan)	16 ft (4.8 m) long	7.9 in (20 cm) smaller
Great white shark	15 ft (4.6 m) long	1 ft 3.5 in (40 cm) smaller
Pachycephalosaurus	15 ft (4.5 m) long	1 ft 7.5 in (50 cm) smaller
Great hammerhead	13 ft (4 m) long	3 ft 3 in (100 cm) smaller
White rhinoceros	13 ft (3.9 m) long	3 ft 7 in (110 cm) smaller
Tiger shark	12 ft (3.7 m) long	4 ft 3 in (130 cm) smaller
Hippopotamus	11 ft (3.5 m) long	4 ft 11 in (150 cm) smaller
African elephant	10 ft (3.2 m)	5 ft 11 in (180 cm) smaller
Average man (world)	5 ft 7 in (171 cm)	11 ft (3.29 m) smaller
Average woman (world)	5 ft 3 in (159 cm)	3.1× smaller

Where do these numbers come from?

Sizes are typical adult or reported values, rounded for readability. Read how we measure and compare sizes.

Silhouettes from PhyloPic: Quetzalcoatlus by jack liddle. See credits.