What is Nigersaurus?
Q: What is Nigersaurus?
A: Nigersaurus is a genus of Diplodocus-like sauropod dinosaur that lived in the middle of the Cretaceous period in what is now the Republic of Niger.
Q: How was its skull different from Diplodocus?
A: Its skull had many fenestrae (openings) and thin bones, and it had a wide muzzle filled with more than 500 teeth. The jaws were wider than the skull, and its teeth were placed far to the front.
Q: How long was Nigersaurus?
A: Nigersaurus was 9 meters (30 feet) long, which is small for a sauropod.
Q: What did it weigh?
A: It weighed around 4 tonnes, comparable to a modern elephant. Its skeleton was filled with air sacs, which lightened the weight.
Q: What type of habitat did it live in?
A: It lived in a riparian habitat (near rivers).
Q: What kind of plants did it eat?
A: It probably ate soft plants such as ferns, horsetails, and angiosperms.
Q: Who else shared its habitat?
A: It shared its habitat with other large herbivores, as well as large theropods and crocodylomorphs.
