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