Nigersaurus taqueti

† Nigersaurus taqueti is an Early Cretaceous rebbachisaurid sauropod from Niger. Approximately 9 m long with a distinctive wide, flat muzzle bearing more than 500 tiny teeth arranged in batteries, ideal for cropping low vegetation.

Diet & Feeding

Herbivore

Nigersaurus taqueti was a plant-eating dinosaur. Herbivores typically fed on ferns, cycads, conifers, and other vegetation available during their era. Many herbivorous dinosaurs developed specialized teeth and digestive systems for processing tough plant material.

Time Period

Cretaceous Early Mesozoic Era

Nigersaurus taqueti lived during the Cretaceous Early period of the Mesozoic Era, approximately 145,0 to 100,5 million years ago.

The Cretaceous saw continued dinosaur evolution with the rise of ornithopods and early ceratopsians. Flowering plants first appeared and began to transform terrestrial ecosystems. Spinosaurus and other large theropods lived during this time.