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Quaesitosaurus

Quaesitosaurus

Pronunciation:: kwee-siet-oh-sore-us
Name meaning:: 'extraordinary lizard'

Quaesitosaurus

sauropod silhouette

Type of dinosaur:: sauropod
Length:: 23.0m

Diet:: herbivorous
When it lived:: Late Cretaceous, 86-84 million years ago
Found in:: Mongolia

Scientists are not very sure of the adult length of this dinosaur. Dates are also uncertain - Quaesitosaurus may have lived 84-71 million years ago.

Taxonomic details

Taxonomy:: Dinosauria, Saurischia, Sauropodomorpha, Sauropoda, Eusauropoda, Neosauropoda, Diplodocoidea, Nemegtosauridae
Named by:: Kurzanov and Bannikov (1983)
Type species:: orientalis

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