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Hadrosauridae

Minqaria bata

"beak"

Generic ornithopod body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Minqaria 3.5 m (11.5 ft) long
as long as 2 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic ornithopod body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Minqaria
Length
3.5 m (11.5 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (68–66 Mya)
Place
Africa · Morocco
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Hadrosauridae Dinosauria Ornithischia Cerapoda Ornithopoda Iguanodontia Duck-billed dinosaurs with tooth batteries.
Minqaria reconstruction by Ddinodan
Reconstruction · Ddinodan (CC-BY)

Minqaria (meaning “beak”) is a genus of lambeosaurine dinosaurs from the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Ouled Abdoun Basin of Morocco. The genus contains a single species, Minqaria bata, known from a partial skull.

What we know

  • Named by Longrich et al., 2024.
  • Body length estimated at about 3.5 m.
  • Fossils found in Africa and Morocco.

What we guess

The reconstruction notes for Minqaria — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.