Home Dr. Michael Cherney Interview about Giant Pterosaur at U-M Museum of Natural History The Quetzalcoatlus northropi model is hoisted into place in an atrium at the U-M Biological Sciences Building, the new home of the university's Museum of Natural History. The 700-pound model was raised three stories into the air this week by fossil installation experts at Research Casting International of Toronto. Photo by Roger Hart/Michigan Photography.

The Quetzalcoatlus northropi model is hoisted into place in an atrium at the U-M Biological Sciences Building, the new home of the university’s Museum of Natural History. The 700-pound model was raised three stories into the air this week by fossil installation experts at Research Casting International of Toronto. Photo by Roger Hart/Michigan Photography.

Dr. Michael Cherney Interview about Giant Pterosaur at U-M Museum of Natural History

A life-size model of a prehistoric pterosaur is hoisted into place in a five-story atrium at the university’s new Biological Sciences Building, the new home of the university’s Museum of Natural History, which will reopen next spring. The creature, Quetzalcoatlus northropi, lived about 67 million years ago and was the largest known flying animal, with a 35-foot wingspan. The 700-pound model is a hand-painted fiberglass cast with an internal steel armature. Photo by Roger Hart/Michigan Photography.