Nemegtosaurus

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DV-0209Nemegt Fm., China

Nemegtosaurus

DV-0209

Lived
84 to 66 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
Diet
Herbivore
Length
about 13 m (43 ft)
Group
Sauropods, Nemegtosauridae
Found in
China and Mongolia
Named by
Nowinski 1971

Field notes

About Nemegtosaurus

Nemegtosaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 84 to 66 million years ago. It belongs to the family Nemegtosauridae.

The Paleobiology Database lists 2 finds of Nemegtosaurus, from China and Mongolia. Its fossils come from rocks including the Nemegt Formation and the Subashi Formation. It was named by Nowinski in 1971.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

2 finds

75 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

To scale

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Nemegtosaurus: about 13 m (43 ft) · Person: 1.8 m (6 ft)Silhouette: typical sauropod shape

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Nemegtosauridae.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: A. Nowinski. 1971. <i>Nemegtosaurus mongoliensis</i> n. gen., n. sp. (Sauropoda) from the uppermost Cretaceous of Mongolia. Palaeontologia Polonica 25:57-81