Family
Valid Extinct

Nemegtosauridae

(Upchurch 1995)

Nemegtosauridae is a family of titanosaurian sauropod dinosaurs based on their diplodocid-like skulls. Only three species are known: Nemegtosaurus, Quaesitosaurus and possibly Tapuiasaurus, each from the Cretaceous.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
8
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Nemegtosauridae
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Saurischia Unranked clade
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Sauropodomorpha Unranked clade
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Massopoda Unranked clade
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Sauropodiformes Unranked clade
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Sauropoda Unranked clade
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Gravisauria Unranked clade
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Eusauropoda Unranked clade
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Neosauropoda Unranked clade
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Macronaria Unranked clade
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Titanosauriformes Unranked clade
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Somphospondyli Unranked clade
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Titanosauria Unranked clade
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Lithostrotia Unranked clade
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Nemegtosauridae Family
Fossil sites 8 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇹🇭 Thailand
2
🇨🇳 China
2
🇲🇳 Mongolia
2
🇯🇵 Japan
1
🇷🇴 Romania
1
Geological formations
Sao Khua
1
Khok Kruat
1
Zhonggou
1
Tamayama
1
Subashi
1
Baruungoyot
1
Râul Mare
1
Nemegt
1
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)
2
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
2
Coniacian (89.8–85.7 Ma)
1
Albian (113.2–100.5 Ma)
2
Barremian (125.77–121.4 Ma)
1
Images 2
Bibliography
Original description
P. Upchurch. 1995. The evolutionary history of sauropod dinosaurs. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B 349:365-390
Bibliography (8)
G. Grellet-Tinner, V. Codrea, and A. Folie, A. Higa, T. Smith. 2012. First evidence of reproductive adaptation to "island effect" of a dwarf Cretaceous Romanian titanosaur, with embryonic integument in ovo. PLoS ONE 7(3):e32051:1-10 DOI ↗
R. Amiot, E. Buffetaut, and C. Lécuyer, V. Fernandez, F. Fourel, F. Martineau, V. Suteethorn. 2009. Oxygen isotope composition of continental vertebrate apatites from Mesozoic formations of Thailand; environmental and ecological significance. Late Palaeozoic and Mesozoic Ecosystems in SE Asia. The Geological Society of London, Special Publication 315:271-283 DOI ↗
E. Buffetaut, V. Suteethorn, and J. Le Loeuff, G. Cuny, H. Tong, S. Khansubha. 2002. A review of the sauropod dinosaurs of Thailand. The Symposium on Geology of Thailand, Bangkok, 26-31 August 2002
Z. Dong. 1997. On the sauropods from the Mazongshan area, Gansu Province, China. Sino-Japanese Silk Road Dinosaur Expedition. China Ocean Press, Beijing
M. Tanimoto and C. Suzuki. 1997. [Sauropod teeth (cf. Nemegtosaurus sp.) from the Tamayama Formation (Upper Cretaceous, Santonian), Futaba Group of Iwaki City, Fukushima Prefecture, northeast Japan]. Research Reports IWAKI Natural History
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
Z. Dong. 1977. On the dinosaurian remains from Turpan, Xinjiang. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 15(1):59-66
A. Nowinski. 1971. <i>Nemegtosaurus mongoliensis</i> n. gen., n. sp. (Sauropoda) from the uppermost Cretaceous of Mongolia. Palaeontologia Polonica 25:57-81