Silhouette unavailable
Qunkasaura Qunkasaura pintiquiniestra Mocho et al. 2024
/kwəŋkˈæsɔːɹə/
estimated
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · 83.6–66 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
herding
Where It Was Found
Country
Spain
Region
Castilla-La Mancha
Formation
Villalba de la Sierra
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Overview
Qunkasaura pintiquiniestra is a sauropodomorph dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 83.6–66.0 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and herding. Fossils have been recovered from Castilla-La Mancha, Spain. It was named by Mocho 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 Qunkasaura pintiquiniestra sits in deep time
Qunkasaura
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Qunkasaura pintiquiniestra'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.