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Nigersaurus Wild Roar
Nigersaurus joined Jurassic World Dino Trackers in the second Wild Roar wave in 2023, alongside Orkoraptor, Irritator and Regaliceratops. It is one of the strangest dinosaurs ever found: a short-necked sauropod from Niger with a wide, straight-edged muzzle packed with hundreds of teeth. Mattel’s figure gives it a roar and an attack motion, which makes it one of the very few sauropods in the Wild Roar range. Here is what to know about the figure, the real animal, and how to unlock it in the Jurassic World Play App.
🌿 Sauropod plant-eater🦷 500+ teeth🔊 Roar sound🧬 DNA scan code
The Dinosaur With 500 Teeth
Nigersaurus had one of the most extreme mouths of any animal. Its wide, flat muzzle worked like a lawnmower for low plants, and the numbers behind it are remarkable.
That is one of the fastest tooth replacement rates known for any dinosaur. The teeth wore down quickly on gritty, low-growing plants, so a fresh one was always ready to slide into place. The press nicknamed it the Mesozoic cow.
What Is Wild Roar?
Wild Roar is the mid-sized assortment of Mattel’s Dino Trackers line. Each figure has a roaring sound, a species-specific attack motion triggered by pressing on the hips, and movable joints, and runs on button cell batteries that come already installed. Wave 1 brought Eocarcharia, Dryptosaurus, Kronosaurus and Diabloceratops, and wave 2 added Nigersaurus, Orkoraptor, Irritator and Regaliceratops.
Wild Roar has carried on in every Jurassic World line since, with later figures adding lights and wheel-activated attacks.
Action Features and Articulation
★ Press the hips: attack motion★ Roar sound✓ Movable joints✓ Batteries included
Like every Wild Roar figure, Nigersaurus has a roaring sound and an attack motion that you trigger by pressing down on the hips. A sauropod is an unusual choice for an attack figure, which is part of its charm: most Wild Roar figures are predators or horned dinosaurs. The sound runs on three LR44 button cells, which come installed in a new figure.
Size and Specs
For ages 4 and up. Nigersaurus lived alongside Eocarcharia and Suchomimus in what is now Niger, so it pairs naturally with the Wild Roar Eocarcharia for a scene from Cretaceous Africa.
Is It Worth Buying?
Nigersaurus is a fun pick for kids who want a long-necked dinosaur that does more than stand still, and for collectors who like unusual species. Very few companies have ever made a Nigersaurus toy, and its story, the dinosaur with 500 teeth, is an easy one to share with young fans.
It is mostly found second hand now. Test the roar before buying a used one, or plan on fitting three new LR44 batteries.
What we like
- Rare species in toy form
- A sauropod with an attack motion
- Roar sound, batteries included
- Great story for young fans
Good to know
- Sound needs working batteries
- Mostly second hand now
About Nigersaurus
Nigersaurus taqueti lived about 115 to 105 million years ago in what is now the Republic of Niger, in the Elrhaz Formation at a site called Gadoufaoua. Its first bones were described in 1976 after French palaeontologist Philippe Taquet found them, and Paul Sereno’s team named it in 1999 from more complete remains. The species name honours Taquet.
It was a rebbachisaurid, a family of fairly small, short-necked sauropods. Nigersaurus was about 9 m long and is thought to have weighed roughly 2 to 4 tonnes, around the size of an elephant. Its skull was light and full of openings, and its jaws held batteries of slim teeth across a broad, straight muzzle, ideal for cropping ferns and other low plants.
It is one of the most common fossils in its formation, so it was clearly a successful animal. It shared its world with Eocarcharia, Suchomimus and Ouranosaurus.
How to Unlock Nigersaurus in the Jurassic World Play App
Open the Jurassic World Play App (it used to be called the Jurassic World Facts App), tap Scan and point your camera at the DNA code below. The same code is on a small tag on the figure.
Frequently Asked Questions
It has a roaring sound and an attack motion that you trigger by pressing down on the hips.
Three LR44 button cells, which come installed in a new figure.
More than 500, counting the teeth in use and the replacement teeth waiting in the jaw. Each tooth was replaced roughly every 14 days.
About 9 m long and roughly 2 to 4 tonnes, small for a sauropod.
In 2023, in wave 2 of Wild Roar for Jurassic World Dino Trackers. Its product code is HLP20.
Open the Jurassic World Play App, tap Scan and point your camera at the tag on the figure, or at the copy of the code on this page.