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long-neck giant
Qunkasaura
Say it like this: “KUN-kuh-SOH-ruh”
Qunkasaura pintiquiniestra
Qunkasaura ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Spain.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Campanian · Maastrichtian) · roughly 83.6 to 66 million years ago
- Named in
- 2024 · Mocho, P.; Escaso, F.; Marcos-Fernández, F.; Páramo, A.; Sanz, J. L.; Vidal, D.; Ortega, F.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 11.2 m · 37 ft
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- Spain · Villalba de la Sierra
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- long-neck giant · Sauropod
- Family branch
- Opisthocoelicaudiinae
The story in short
Qunkasaura was formally named in 2024 by P. Mocho and colleagues.
Fossils referred to Qunkasaura date to the Late Cretaceous (Campanian · Maastrichtian), roughly 83.6 to 66 million years ago. Finds come from Spain, including the Villalba de la Sierra Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
Published estimates put Qunkasaura at a length near 11.2 m.
On the family tree it sits in Opisthocoelicaudiinae, among the sauropod dinosaurs.