Quaesitosaurus

extraordinary lizard

• quaesitus · Latin · extraordinary, unusual (literally 'sought out')
• sauros · Greek · lizard

The name combines the Latin "quaesitus", meaning extraordinary or unusual, with the Greek "sauros", meaning lizard. It was given to a long-necked sauropod from Mongolia that was unusual among sauropods of its time and place. The type species is Quaesitosaurus orientalis.

Named by

Kurzanov and Bannikov

Year named

1983

Period

Late Cretaceous

Stage

Campanian

Found in

Barun Goyot Formation, Ömnögovi Province, Mongolia

A diplodocoid sauropod, usually placed in the Nemegtosauridae with Nemegtosaurus. It is known mainly from a partial skull and some neck vertebrae.