If undaunted by the oysterâs rough, rock-hard, nearly-impossible-to-open shell, the undoubtedly famished first taster would then have confronted the gray, slimy, almost phlegmatic appearance of its plump body.
2 Answers. 0. The largest flying animals that ever lived were members of the Azhadrichidae family of pterosaurs, flying reptiles that lived around the same time as the dinosaurs, though they were not actually dinosaurs. The name Azhadrichidae comes from the word Ajdarxo, a dragon in Uzbek mythology.
Story highlights. 1  The P. sandersi may be the largest flying bird ever. 2  It had paper-thin hollow bones, but may have needed a running start to fly. 3  Scientists believe it lived 25 million to 28 million years ago.  Construction workers found the bones while building an airport terminal.