Nigersaurus
Nigersaurus is a genus of rebbachisaurid sauropod dinosaur. It lived during the middle Cretaceous period, about 115 to 105 million years ago. Fossils of this dinosaur were first described in 1976, but it was only named Nigersaurus taqueti in 1999. The genus name means ‘Niger reptile’ and the specific name honours the palaeontologist Philippe Taquet.
