Minqaria bata Longrich et al. 2024 (lambeosaurine)

Reptilia - Ornithischia - Hadrosauridae

Full reference: N. Longrich, X. Pereda-Suberbiola, N. Bardet and N.-E. Jalil. 2024. A new small duckbilled dinosaur (Hadrosauridae: Lambeosaurinae) from Morocco and dinosaur diversity in the late Maastrichtian of North Africa. Scientific Reports 14(3665):1-16

Belongs to Minqaria according to N. Longrich et al. 2024

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MHNM.KHG.1395, a partial skull. Its type locality is Sidi Chennane [upper Couche III] (general), which is in a Maastrichtian marine phosphorite in the Couche III Formation of Morocco.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Sidi Chennane [upper Couche III] (general)

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