Description
Name meaning: Lizard of Niger
Length: 13 m (45 ft)
Weight: 4 tons
Popularity: 2 stars
Period: Early Cretaceous
Found: Elrhaz Formation in Niger
This herbivore was the world’s smallest sauropod and foraged food from ground level. Apart from having a shorter neck and tail, its distinguishing physical feature was broad jaws with flattened ends across the front and hundreds of small teeth arranged at the front of the jaws.