Quaesitosaurus orientalis Kurzanov and Bannikov 1983 (sauropod)

Reptilia - Saurischia - Nemegtosauridae

Full reference: S. M. Kurzanov and A. F. Bannikov. 1983. Nouviy sauropod ys uerchnego mela MNR [New sauropod from the Upper Cretaceous of Mongolia]. Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal 1983(2):90-96

Belongs to Quaesitosaurus according to P. Upchurch et al. 2004

See also Barsbold 1997, Buffetaut et al. 2002, Curry Rogers 2005, Díez Díaz et al. 2011, Díez Díaz et al. 2012, Filippi and Garrido 2008, Grellet-Tinner et al. 2012, Grellet-Tinner et al. 2011, Kurzanov and Bannikov 1983, Kurzanov and Bannikov 1983, Maryanska 2000, McIntosh 1990, Mocho et al. 2014, Osmólska 1997, Poropat et al. 2023, Saegusa and Tomida 2011, Salgado and Calvo 1992, Salgado and Calvo 1997, Wilson 2002 and Wilson 2006

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: PIN 3906/2, a skull. Its type locality is Shara-Tsav [SMPE] (PIN coll. 3906), which is in a Campanian/Campanian terrestrial marl/claystone in the Baruungoyot Formation of Mongolia.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Shara-Tsav [SMPE] (PIN coll. 3906)

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