Minqaria Minqaria bata Longrich et al. 2024
/mɪŋkˈɛɹiə/
estimated
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · 72.2–66 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
herding
Where It Was Found
Country
Morocco
Region
Khouribga
Formation
Couche III
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Overview
Minqaria bata is an ornithopod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 72.2–66.0 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and herding. Fossils have been recovered from Khouribga, Morocco. It was named by Longrich et al. 2024. The species is represented by 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~5%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Minqaria bata sits in deep time
Minqaria
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Minqaria bata's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.