Minqaria

Minqaria
Temporal range: Late Maastrichtian, 68–66 Ma
Reconstructed skull of Minqaria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Ornithischia
Clade: Neornithischia
Clade: Ornithopoda
Family: Hadrosauridae
Subfamily: Lambeosaurinae
Genus: Minqaria
Longrich et al., 2024
Species:
M. bata
Binomial name
Minqaria bata
Longrich et al., 2024

Minqaria (meaning "beak") is a genus of arenysaurinin lambeosaurine hadrosaur from the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Ouled Abdoun Basin of Morocco. The genus contains a single species, M. bata, known from a partial skull.[1]

  1. ^ Longrich, N. R.; Pereda-Suberbiola, X.; Bardet, N.; Jalil, N.-E. (2024). "A new small duckbilled dinosaur (Hadrosauridae: Lambeosaurinae) from Morocco and dinosaur diversity in the late Maastrichtian of North Africa". Scientific Reports. 14 (1). 3665. Bibcode:2024NatSR..14.3665L. doi:10.1038/s41598-024-53447-9. PMC 10864364. PMID 38351204.