Nigersaurus is a genus of rebbachisaurid sauropod dinosaur that lived during the middle Cretaceous period, about 115 to 105 million years ago. It was discovered in the Elrhaz Formation in an area call
Nigersaurus mount
Skull cast, Royal Ontario Museum
Teeth at different growth stages, Museo di Storia Naturale di Venezia
Front view of reconstructed skull
The Elrhaz Formation is a geological formation in Niger, West Africa.
Nigersaurus
…genus of rebbachisaurid sauropod dinosaur that lived during the middle Cretaceous period, about 115 to 105 million years ago. It was discovered in the Elrhaz Formation in an area called Gadoufaoua, in Niger. Fossils of this dinosaur were first described in 1976, but it was only named Nigersaurus taqueti in 1999 after…
Reconstructed skeleton of an anhanguerid from the formation
Dinosaurs of Elrhaz formation
A spinosaurid claw from the Elrhaz formation
Neoceratodus forsteri, a modern species