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Qunkasaura

Leina le raya: “queen of the Cuenca lizard”1
E jele: DimelaMelala-meleeleBofelo jwa Cretaceous

Qunkasaura was a long-necked, plant-eating dinosaur that lived in what is now Spain. It had a special tail shape that looked like the tails of some South American dinosaurs. This giant walked on four sturdy legs and was one of the biggest animals in its home.1

E tshetse
dimilione tsa dingwaga di le 84 go ya go 66 tse di fetileng3
Bofelo jwa Cretaceous
Difosili di fitlhetswe kwa
Lo Hueco fossil site, Fuentes, Cuenca, Castilla-La Mancha, central Spain1
Bonako jo bogolo
e ka nna 15 km/h (9 mph)
Go taboga, kakanyo

E tshetse leng?

Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
dimilione tsa dingwaga di le 252 tse di fetileng20114566, asteroiti

E ne e le bonako go le kae?

dilo tse di monate

Dintlha tse di monate

1

Qunkasaura's full scientific name is Qunkasaura pintiquiniestra. The species name 'pintiquiniestra' comes from a character in the book Don Quixote.1

2

This dinosaur is known from a single partial skeleton that includes ten back bones, six fused hip bones, the first eleven tail bones, and parts of its legs and hips.1

3

Qunkasaura lived about 83 to 66 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous period.3

4

It belonged to a group of sauropods called titanosaurs, which were some of the largest land animals ever.1

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The Lo Hueco fossil site where Qunkasaura was found has yielded more than 10,000 fossils, nearly half of which are from titanosaurs.1

6

Scientists think Qunkasaura might be closely related to another European titanosaur called Abditosaurus.1

E dirilwe ke AISetshwantsho sa Qunkasaura se se dirilweng ke AI
Setshwantsho se se dirilweng ke AI sa kafa Qunkasaura e ka tswang e ne e lebega ka gone, se dirilwe ke khomputara go ya ka se borasaense ba se itseng. Ke kakanyo fela: phologolo ya nnete e ka tswa e ne e lebega ka tsela e sele, mme ga go ope yo o itseng mebala ya yona ya nnete.
o botsitse

Dipotso tse di botswang thata ka ga Qunkasaura

?How big was Qunkasaura?

Scientists don't know its exact size yet, but it was a large titanosaur, one of the biggest animals in its home. The partial skeleton includes a femur (thigh bone) that is still being studied.12

?What did Qunkasaura eat?

Qunkasaura was a plant-eater. It used its long neck to reach leaves and other plants.2

?When did Qunkasaura live?

Qunkasaura lived during the Late Cretaceous period, about 83 to 66 million years ago.2

?Where was Qunkasaura found?

Its fossils were found at the Lo Hueco site in Cuenca, Spain. This site has yielded more than 10,000 fossils.12

Ya baitseanape ba didino

Leina la saense
Qunkasaura
Leina le neilwe ke
Mocho et al. 20243
Setlhopha
Melala-meleele
Lelapa / clade
Saltasauridae3
Thulaganyo
Sauropodomorpha > Sauropoda > Titanosauria > Macronaria3
Bogolo jwa matlapa
84 go ya go 66 dimilione tsa dingwaga (Campanian / Maastrichtian)3
Dibopego tsa matlapa
Villalba de la Sierra3
Dinaga
Sepania3
Direkoto tsa difosili
1 mo The Paleobiology Database3
Go fitlhelwa
Qunkasaura was named in 2024 by paleontologist Pedro Mocho and his team. The skeleton was found at the Lo Hueco fossil site in Spain, which was discovered in 2007.1
Go sa ntse go ganetsanwa
Scientists are still debating whether Qunkasaura belongs to the group Opisthocoelicaudiinae or is more closely related to other saltasaurids.1

Kwa dintlha di tswang teng

  1. A Spanish saltasauroid titanosaur reveals Europe as a melting pot of endemic and immigrant sauropods in the Late Cretaceous | Communications Biology (nature.com)
  2. Qunkasaura (en.wikipedia.org)
  3. Qunkasaura in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): dingwaga, mafelo, dibopego tsa matlapa, thulaganyo.

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