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Across the plains and highlands of the Western Interior Seaway that covered the centre of the North American continent more than 65 million years ago soared one of the largest animals ever to take to the air: Quetzalcoatlus. This pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous period was a large, lightweight lizard with a long, stiff neck, a sharp bill, and a wingspan of up to 10 metres (33 feet). The 2nd glow in the dark dinosaur coin from the Royal Canadian Mint.
Mintage 30,000
Composition cupronickel
Finish specimen with colour
Diameter (mm) 35
Edge plain
Certificate serialized
Face value 25 cents
Artist Julius T. Csotonyi (reverse), Susanna Blunt (obverse)
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