Genus: Qunkasaura MOCHO, ESCASO, MAROS-FERNANDEZ, PARAMO, SANZ, VIDAL & ORTEGA, 2024
Etymology: In reference to Qunca (or Kunka) an Andalusi city that, after its annexation to Castil in 1177 , gave rise to several small villages around it, including that of Fuentes (Cuenca), where the fossil-site of Lo Hueco is located, and Greek, saura, "lizard," traditional suffix from the Latinised form. In this case, it is used in the feminine extending the reference to Antonio Saura, one of the most important painters of the 20th century in Spain, who developed an important part of his activity from Cuenca.
Species: pintiquiniestra MOCHO, ESCASO, MAROS-FERNANDEZ, PARAMO, SANZ, VIDAL & ORTEGA, 2024
Etymology: In reference to a character sometimes interpreted as a giantess: the Queen Pintiquiniestra from one fo teh novels that drove Don Quixote de la Mancha, the character created by Miguel de Cervantes in the 17th century, mad.
Holotype: HUE-EC-04
Locality: Lo Hueco Fossil site, Fuentes, Cuenca, Castilla-La MAncha, central Spain.
Horizon: Margas, Arcillas y Yesos de Villalba de la Sierra Formation.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Upper Campanian-Lower Maastrichtian Stage, Senonian Subepoch, Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.
Material: Fragmentary skeleton.
Breakdown as follows:
HUE-2957: 2 fused sacral vertebrae, the first 11 caudal vertebrae, ilia, ischia and pubes.
HUE-2959: Middle caudal vertebra.
HUE-2960: Fragmentary metacarpal.
HUE-2963, 2966, 2968, 2971, 2974-76: Several dorsal ribs.
HUE-2967: Partial right ulna.
HUE-2973: Femur.
HUE-2977: Right fibula.
HUE-2979, 2980, 2981: 10 dorsal vertebrae (some extors were found in articulation.
HUE-2981: Incomplete posterior cervical neural spine.