Monquirasaurus
Genus:
Monquirasaurus
Author:
Noè & Gómez-Pérez (2021)
Classification:
Age:
Late Aptian, Early Cretaceous
Location:
Vereda Monquirá, about 5km WNW of Villa de Leyva, Boyacá Province, Colombia
Referred material (sp.):
None
Type species:
Monquirasaurus-boyacensis
Species:
M. boyacensis
Author:
Hampe, 1992
Type specimen:
"El Fosil" (See Hampe, 1992)
Age:
Late Aptian, Early Cretaceous
Horizon:
Segment V, Arcillolitas Abigarradas Member, Paja Formation, Upper Aptian, Lower Cretaceous
Type location:
Vereda Monquirá, about 5km WNW of Villa de Leyva, Boyacá Province, Colombia
Referred material:
None
Monquirasaurus is a giant pliosaurid from Colombia, South America. Originally named by Hampe (1992) as a species of Kronosaurus (K. boyacensis), the skeleton was later allocated to the new genus Monquirasaurus by Noè and Gómez-Pérez (2021).
The genus name derives from ‘Monquira’, the administrative division in which the holotype was discovered.
