Also known as PDL-19, PDL-19c, Vitakri
Where: Balochistan, Pakistan (29.7° N, 69.4° E: paleocoordinates 13.4° S, 57.8° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Vitakri Formation (Fort Munro Group), Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)
• "... found from the red, maroon and greenish grey mud/clays/paleosol zone of upper of Pab Formation, just below or on the (K-T) boundary of Mesozoic (Cretaceous) and Cenozoic (Tertiary/Paleocene)... [found] in the Central periphery of Sulaiman range..."
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial; gray, green, red claystone
Size class: macrofossils
• Describes new rostrum "preserving the articulated premaxilla along with narial, dorsolateral and lateral processes; external naris; partial nasal, palate and maxilla" (MSM-155-19). Also listed are proximal left (MSM-59-19) and right (MSM-60-19) femurs, Basioccipital condyle along with partial braincase (MSM-61-19), and a tooth (MSM-62-19) presumed to belong to the same individual.
Collected by M. S. Malkani in 2000-2001
• Museum of the Geological Survey of Pakistan, Quetta, collection
Primary reference: M. S. Malkani. 2003. Discovery of partial skull and dentary of Titanosauria (sauropod dinosaur) from the Late Cretaceous Pab Formation of Vitakri area, Barkhan District, Balochistan, Pakistan. Geological Bulletin, University of Peshawar 36:65-71 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taphonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 79666: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 17.03.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Gspsaurus pakistani n. gen. n. sp." = Gspsaurus pakistani5, "Maojandino alami n. gen. n. sp." = Gspsaurus pakistani4
"Gspsaurus pakistani n. gen. n. sp." = Gspsaurus pakistani5 Malkani 2014 sauropod MSM-79-19, 80-19, 216-19, 213-19
"Maojandino alami n. gen. n. sp." = Gspsaurus pakistani4 Malkani 2014 sauropod MSM-107-19 to MSM-117-19
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Marisaurus jeffi1 Malkani 2004 sauropod MSM 107-19 to 119-19, 213-19, 216-19, 217-19 to 221-19, 437-19, 502-19, 569-19, 617-19, 638-19, 696-19, 710-19, 777-19, 1100-19
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Vitakridrinda sulaimani n. gen. n. sp.1
Vitakridrinda sulaimani n. gen. n. sp.1 Malkani 2004 ceratosaur MSM 59-19 to 62-19, 706-19, 765-19, 1039-19
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Induszalim bala n. gen. n. sp.4
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