Nigersaurus Nigersaurus taqueti Sereno et al. 1999
/niːˈʒɛərsɔːrəs/
Early Cretaceous (Albian) · 121.4–100.5 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
herding
Where It Was Found
Country
Niger
Region
Agadez
Formation
Elrhaz
Dig sites
3
distinct collections
Overview
Nigersaurus taqueti is a sauropodomorph dinosaur known from the Early Cretaceous, roughly 121.4–100.5 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and herding. Fossils have been recovered from Agadez, Niger. It was named by Sereno et al. 1999. The species is represented by 3 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~11%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 3 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Nigersaurus taqueti sits in deep time
Nigersaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Nigersaurus taqueti's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.