Quaesitosaurus orientalis - Heribivore Dinosaurs
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(kwee-sigh-toe-sor-uhss)
"extraordinary lizard"
Describer Bannikov, 1983
Also Known As --
Type of Species orientalis
Order Saurischia
SubOrder Sauropodomorpha
InfraOrder Sauropoda
Micro-Order --
SuperFamily Titanosauroidea
Family Nemegtosauridae
SubFamily --
Size 50 feet (15.2 meters) long
Period Late Cretaceous, 85 million years ago
Fossilsite Mongolia
Diet Herbivore
Quaesitosaurus lived during the Late Cretaceous Period, about 85 million years ago in what is now Mongolia. Only the skull of this large quadruped herbivore has been found. It strongly resembles that of another gigantic sauropod of the southern Gobi, Nemegtosaurus. Quaesitosaurus skull had a much narrower snout and an unusually slanted canal posterior to the skull. This anatomical feature is suggestive of the dinosaur to have an excellent sense of hearing.
