Sangiali Kali Kakor, DL-1 (eastern) (Cretaceous of Pakistan)

Also known as PDL-1, Vitakri, mid Sangiali

Where: Balochistan, Pakistan (29.7° N, 69.4° E: paleocoordinates 13.4° S, 57.8° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Vitakri Formation (Fort Munro Group), Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• "... upper Pab Formation, just below or on the boundary of Mesozoic (Cretaceous) and Cenozoic (Tertiary/Paleocene)."

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; gray, green, red mudstone

• "... continental fluviatile fresh water deposition..."
• "... 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). the upper part of Pab Formation seems to be a continental fluviatile fresh water deposition in the Central periphery of Sulaiman range due to sedimentary structure."

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by M. S. Malkani

Primary reference: M. S. Malkani and C.h. M. Anwar. 2000. Discovery of first dinosaur fossil in Pakistan, Barkhan District, Balochistan. Geological Survey of Pakistan Information Release 732:1-16 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 78055: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Steven Miller on 25.01.2008, edited by Matthew Carrano

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Theropoda - Vitakrisauridae
Vitakridrinda sulaimani1
Vitakridrinda sulaimani1 Malkani 2004 ceratosaur
MSM-56-1, caudal vertebra
 Saurischia - Pakisauridae
? Pakisaurus balochistani2, Sulaimanisaurus gingerichi3
? Pakisaurus balochistani2 Malkani 2004 sauropod
some armor
Sulaimanisaurus gingerichi3 Malkani 2004 sauropod
some armor
 Saurischia - Balochisauridae
Qaikshaheen masoomniazi n. gen. n. sp.5
Qaikshaheen masoomniazi n. gen. n. sp.5 Malkani 2023 sauropod
GSP/Sangiali 1109–1118, 1120–1122
 Saurischia -
Isisaurus colberti4
Isisaurus colberti4 Jain and Bandyopadhyay 1997 sauropod
R distal humerus MSM-262-1; R distal femur MSM-232-1
1Malkani 2006; 2Malkani 2010; 3Malkani 2015; 4Malkani 2020; 5Malkani 2023