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Nemegtosauridae

Quaesitosaurus

"extraordinary lizard"

Generic sauropod body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Quaesitosaurus 12 m (39 ft) long
as long as 7 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic sauropod body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Quaesitosaurus
Length
12 m (39 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (72–66 Mya)
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Nemegtosauridae

Quaesitosaurus is a dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous.

What we know

  • Named by Kurzanov & Bannikov, 1983.
  • Body length estimated at about 12 m.

What we guess

The reconstruction notes for Quaesitosaurus — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.