Kings of Wings

Kings of Wings is a 2017 documentary miniseries airing on the National Geographic Channel narrated by Tim Daly. It primarily centers around some of the largest flying animals ever: Azdarchid pterosaurs, pelagornids and teratorns, and griffinflies. The series recieved positive reviews from both critics and the paleontological community for its educational content.

Effects are provided by Frameworks and WETA, while John Powell and The Tender Box composed the score.

Episode One: Six-legged Pioneers

 * Airdate - October 3, 2017

Episode one focuses on the largest insects in history. Begining in the early Devonian period, insects became the first animals ever to achieve flight, and.

Episode Two: Sky Gods
Episode two focuses on the azdarchid pterosaurs of the cretaceous, the largest creatures that can fly, though they spent.
 * Airdate - October 10, 2017

Episode Three: Feathers Among Fur
Episode three focuses on the largest flying birds, Pelagornis sandersi and Argentavis magnificens of the Neogene period. At the end of the episode, the narrator muses over what sort of animal could become the next
 * Airdate - October 17, 2017

Pterosaurs

 * Quetzalcoatlus 
 * Pteranodon
 * Mongolian azdarchid
 * Arambourgiania
 * Hatzegopteryx

Dinosaurs

 * Alamosaurus 
 * Thelescosaurus
 * Gorgosaurus 
 * Dakotaraptor
 * Magyarosaurus
 * Unidentified Abelisaurid
 * Rhabdodon

Birds

 * Pelagornis sandersi
 * Argentavis
 * Andalgalornis
 * Teratornis

Reptiles

 * Sharovipteryx 

Mammals

 * Eomysticetus
 * Cetotherium
 * Toxodon
 * Thylacosmilus 
 * Macroeuphractus
 * Glyptodon 
 * Columbian Mammoth
 * Bison latifrons
 * Harlan's ground sloth
 * Human

Arthropods

 * Rhyniognatha
 * Meganeura
 * Meganeuropsis permiana
 * Arthropleura
 * Titanopteran

Fish

 * Rhombodus
 * Squalicorax
 * Megalodon