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