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Qunkasaura

名字的意思： “queen of the Cuenca lizard”1

吃：植物長脖子恐龍白堊紀晚期

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

生存年代

84 到 66 百萬年前3

白堊紀晚期

化石發現地

Lo Hueco fossil site, Fuentes, Cuenca, Castilla-La Mancha, central Spain1

最高速度

時速約 15 公里（9 英里）

跑步, 估計值

牠生活在什麼時候？

三疊紀

侏羅紀

白堊紀

2 億 5200 萬年前20114566，小行星撞地球

牠有多快？

走路的人 時速約 5 公里 (3 mph)

騎腳踏車的小朋友 時速約 12 公里 (7 mph)

Qunkasaura 時速約 15 公里 (9 mph)

一匹飛奔的馬 時速約 65 公里 (40 mph)

一隻獵豹 時速約 100 公里 (62 mph)

酷東西

趣味知識

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

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

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

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

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

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

Qunkasaura 的 AI 繪圖 — 這是電腦根據科學家目前的知識，用 AI 畫出 Qunkasaura 可能的樣子。這只是猜測：真正的動物可能長得不一樣，也沒有人知道牠真正的顏色。

你們都在問

關於 Qunkasaura 最常被問的問題

?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.1 2

?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.1 2

給恐龍專家

學名: Qunkasaura
命名者: Mocho et al. 20243
類群: 長脖子恐龍
科 / 演化支: Saltasauridae3
分類: Sauropodomorpha > Sauropoda > Titanosauria > Macronaria3
岩石的年代: 84 到 66 百萬年 (Campanian / Maastrichtian)3
岩層: Villalba de la Sierra3
國家: 西班牙3
化石紀錄: The Paleobiology Database 收錄 1 筆3
發現: 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
仍有爭議: Scientists are still debating whether Qunkasaura belongs to the group Opisthocoelicaudiinae or is more closely related to other saltasaurids.1