{"id":682,"date":"2016-06-24T14:39:15","date_gmt":"2016-06-24T14:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.potentialismtheory.com\/td\/?p=682"},"modified":"2017-10-31T15:39:15","modified_gmt":"2017-10-31T15:39:15","slug":"appendix-z54-neo-survival-of-the-fittest-orq4p-extraordinariation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.potentialismtheory.com\/td\/?p=682","title":{"rendered":"APPENDIX Z54: neo-Survival-of-the-Fittest orQ4P Extraordinariation"},"content":{"rendered":"
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APPENDIX Z54:<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
neo-Survival-of-the-Fittest <\/span><\/div>\n
or<\/div>\n
Q4P<\/div>\n
\u221e<\/div>\n
\/Extraor<\/span>dinariation?\n <\/div>\n
Approximately <\/span>67 million
\n <\/span>years ago, <\/span>a <\/span>sleek, r<\/span>ed-crowned\n <\/div>\n
\ue0c5ying dinosaur <\/span>existed,
\n with <\/span>a wingspan <\/span>of ~35 feet, <\/span>and a\n <\/div>\n
\ue0c5ying range of possibly ~9 days at-a-clip at 15,000
\n feet at\n <\/div>\n
80 mph <\/span>for 10,000+ <\/span> miles.\n <\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Here <\/span>are <\/span>W<\/span>ikipedia excerpts <\/span>\u2013\n <\/div>\n
Quetzalcoatlus<\/div>\n
Quetzalcoatlus (\/kets\u0259lkou\u2019\u00e6tl\u0259s\/) <\/span> was <\/span>a pter<\/span>odactyloid <\/span><\/div>\n
pterosaur <\/span>known fr<\/span>om the <\/span>Late <\/span>Cretaceous <\/span>of North\n <\/div>\n
America (Maastrichtian <\/span>stage,
\n about <\/span>68\u201365.5 million <\/span>years<\/span><\/div>\n
ago), and <\/span>one of <\/span>the largest <\/span>known \ue0c5ying animals <\/span>of all\n <\/div>\n
time….<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
\"\"<\/p>\n
More <\/span>recent <\/span>estimates based <\/span>on <\/span>greater
\n <\/span>knowledge of\n <\/div>\n
azhdarchid <\/span>proportions
\n <\/span>place its <\/span>wingspan <\/span>at
\n 10\u201311 <\/span>meters\n <\/div>\n
(33\u201336 ft)….<\/div>\n
The natur<\/span>e of <\/span>\ue0c5ight in <\/span>Quetzalcoatlus <\/span>and
\n other <\/span>giant\n <\/div>\n
azhdarchids <\/span>was poorly
\n <\/span>understood until <\/span>serious\n <\/div>\n
biomechanical studies <\/span>were
\n <\/span>conducted in <\/span>the <\/span>21st
\n century<\/span>….\n <\/div>\n
After factoring <\/span>wingspan,
\n body <\/span>weight, and <\/span>aerodynamics,<\/span> <\/span><\/div>\n
a sophisticated <\/span>computer
\n pr<\/span>ogram led <\/span>the <\/span>two r<\/span>esearchers\n <\/div>\n
to conclude <\/span>that Q. northr<\/span>opi was capable <\/span>of <\/span>\ue0c5ight \u201cup <\/span>to <\/span>80<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
miles an <\/span>hour for <\/span>7 to <\/span>10 days at <\/span>altitudes of
\n <\/span>15,000 feet\u201d.\n <\/div>\n
Mike Habib <\/span>further
\n suggested <\/span>a maximum <\/span>\ue0c5ight range of\n <\/div>\n
8,000 to <\/span>12,000 miles
\n <\/span>for Q. <\/span>northropi….<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n <\/div>\n
[Note <\/span>that <\/span>the <\/span>entire <\/span>circumference
\n <\/span>of <\/span>the <\/span>Earth <\/span>is <\/span>25,000 <\/span>miles.]<\/span> <\/span> <\/span><\/div>\n
*<\/div>\n
Quetzalcoatlus belongs <\/span>to
\n the <\/span>order Pter<\/span>osauria which <\/span>were <\/span>\ue0c5ying\n <\/div>\n
reptiles. <\/span>They existed
\n <\/span>[144.5 million years] <\/span> fr<\/span>om
\n the <\/span>late T<\/span>riassic to <\/span>the<\/span><\/div>\n
end of <\/span>the Cr<\/span>etaceous Period (210 <\/span>to 65.5 <\/span>million years <\/span>ago).<\/span><\/div>\n
Scienti\ue01ec classi\ue01ecation<\/div>\n
Kingdom: Animalia<\/div>\n
Phylum: Chordata<\/div>\n
Order: Pter<\/span>osauria<\/div>\n
Suborder: Pter<\/span>odactyloidea\n <\/div>\n
Family: Azhdarchidae<\/div>\n
Genus: Quetzalcoatlus<\/span><\/div>\n
Species: Q.<\/span> northropi<\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
\"\"<\/p>\n
Quetzalcoatlus \ufb02ying<\/div>\n
181 APPENDIX<\/span><\/span>\n <\/div>\n
35\u2019<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
\"\"<\/p>\n
THE TRANSCENDENT DYNAMIC<\/div>\n
Quetzalcoatlus on land, feeding<\/div>\n
*<\/span>W<\/span>ikipedia Online, <\/span>http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Quetzalcoatlus (accessed <\/span>November 4, 2012)<\/span><\/span>\n <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

APPENDIX Z54: neo-Survival-of-the-Fittest or Q4P \u221e \/Extraordinariation? Approximately 67 million years ago, a sleek, red-crowned \ue0c5ying dinosaur existed, with a wingspan of ~35 feet, and a \ue0c5ying range of possibly ~9 days at-a-clip at 15,000 feet at 80 mph for 10,000+ miles. Here are Wikipedia excerpts \u2013 Quetzalcoatlus Quetzalcoatlus (\/kets\u0259lkou\u2019\u00e6tl\u0259s\/) was a pterodactyloid pterosaur known […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.potentialismtheory.com\/td\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/682"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.potentialismtheory.com\/td\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.potentialismtheory.com\/td\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.potentialismtheory.com\/td\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.potentialismtheory.com\/td\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=682"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.potentialismtheory.com\/td\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/682\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":684,"href":"https:\/\/www.potentialismtheory.com\/td\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/682\/revisions\/684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.potentialismtheory.com\/td\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.potentialismtheory.com\/td\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.potentialismtheory.com\/td\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}