Very HardNigersaurus
Nigersaurus taqueti
NY-jer-SORE-us· “Niger lizard”
🕰️ Cretaceous🌿 herbivore🦴 Rebbachisauridae
9 m
Length
2 m
Height
4 t
Weight
A strange long-necked plant-eater with a wide, straight-edged mouth packed with hundreds of tiny teeth — like a living lawn-mower that grazed low plants.
When
Early Cretaceous, ~115–105 million years ago
Found in
Niger
Discovered
Paul Sereno, 1999
Did you know?
- Its wide mouth held more than 500 tiny teeth arranged like a comb.
- It replaced each tooth about once a month as they wore out.
- Its skull was so full of air spaces it was almost see-through.
Artwork: TotalDino, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0.