Nigersaurus: quick facts
Nigersaurus was an unusual long-necked sauropod from the Early Cretaceous of what is now Niger. It had a remarkably wide, straight-edged muzzle packed with hundreds of small teeth arranged in dense ba
Period
Early Cretaceous
Diet
Herbivore
Length
30 feet (9 meters)
Family
Rebbachisauridae
Reference background: Natural History Museum, London — Dinosaurs; Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History — Dinosaurs; American Museum of Natural History — Dinosaurs & Fossils. Figures are typical published ranges; taxonomy follows the source era and modern consensus is noted where it differs. See our sources & fact-check policy.