Nigersaurus taqueti Ankylosaurus this genus was characterized by

this genus was characterized by its small size

Within this ecological context

reduciendo los dedos a uno solo

approximately 3

which allowed them to take advantage of abundant resources in the Carboniferous forests

Nigersaurus taqueti Ankylosaurus this genus was characterized byNigersaurus taqueti was an extremely specialized rebbachisaurid sauropod dinosaur that lived during the Early Cretaceous period, approximately 115105 million years ago (AptianAlbian), in what is now the Republic of Niger, when much of the present day Sahara was an extensive green fluvial plain with abundant vegetation and large river systems. Its fossils come mainly from the Elrhaz Formation, in the Gadoufaoua region. It was formally described in 1999