Minqaria bata Minqaria
"beak"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Minqaria 3.5 m (11.5 ft) long
2 people holding hands
- Length
- 3.5 m (11.5 ft)
- Period
- Late Cretaceous (68–66 Mya)
- Place
- Africa · Morocco
- Food
- Herbivore
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.