Quaesitosaurus

Field photograph to come

DV-0286Baruungoyot Fm., Mongolia

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

1 find

80 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

To scale

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Quaesitosaurus: about 23 m (75 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: 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