Quaesitosaurus
Field photograph to come
Quaesitosaurus
DV-0286
- Lived
- 84 to 72 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Length
- about 23 m (75 ft)
- Group
- Sauropods, Nemegtosauridae
- Found in
- Mongolia
- Named by
- Kurzanov and Bannikov 1983
Field notes
About Quaesitosaurus
Quaesitosaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 84 to 72 million years ago. It belongs to the family Nemegtosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Quaesitosaurus, from Mongolia. Its fossils come from the Baruungoyot Formation. It was named by Kurzanov and Bannikov in 1983.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
80 million years ago
To scale
How big was Quaesitosaurus?
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Nemegtosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: S. M. Kurzanov and A. F. Bannikov. 1983. Nouviy sauropod ys uerchnego mela MNR [New sauropod from the Upper Cretaceous of Mongolia]. Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal 1983(2):90-96