Mari Bohri, DL-15 (Vitakri) (Cretaceous of Pakistan)

Also known as PDL-15

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

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

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by M. S. Malkani

Primary reference: M. S. Malkani. 2006. Biodiversity of saurischian dinosaurs from the latest Cretaceous Park of Pakistan. Journal of Applied and Emerging Sciences 1(3):108-140 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taphonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 79665: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 17.03.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Loricata -
Pabwehshi pakistanensis1
Pabwehshi pakistanensis1 Wilson et al. 2001 Pab beast
MSM-64-15, 1-15
 Theropoda - Vitakrisauridae
Vitakridrinda sulaimani
Vitakridrinda sulaimani Malkani 2004 ceratosaur
MSM-58-15, 282-15
 Saurischia -
Titanosauria indet.
Titanosauria indet. Bonaparte and Coria 1993 sauropod
MSM-70-15, 71-15, 78-15, 126-15 to 130-15
 Saurischia - Balochisauridae
Balochisaurus malkani n. gen. n. sp., Marisaurus jeffi n. gen. n. sp.
Balochisaurus malkani n. gen. n. sp. Malkani 2006 sauropod
MSM-43-15 to 48-15; MSN-168-15
Marisaurus jeffi n. gen. n. sp. Malkani 2004 sauropod
MSM-7-15, 29-15 to 33-15; 34-16, 35-16, 163-15 to 165-15, 169-15, 815-15
 Saurischia - Pakisauridae
Khetranisaurus barkhani2, Sulaimanisaurus gingerichi, Pakisaurus balochistani
Khetranisaurus barkhani2 Malkani 2004 sauropod
Sulaimanisaurus gingerichi Malkani 2004 sauropod
MSM-24-15 to 26-15
Pakisaurus balochistani Malkani 2004 sauropod
MSM-15-15; caudal vertebra MSM-1005-15; a partial tibia including proximal slender tibia (MSM-72-2)
 Saurischia - Gspsauridae
Gspsaurus pakistani4, Saraikimasoom vitakri3
Gspsaurus pakistani4 Malkani 2014 sauropod
proximal pubis MSM-165-15, distal ischium MSM-164-15, proximal femur MSM-169-15 with distal femur MSM-70-15, distal right scapula MSM-163-15
Saraikimasoom vitakri3 Malkani 2014 sauropod
MSM-675-15, proximal humerus MSM-245-15 and distal humerus MSM-174-15; MSM-78-15, MSM-227-15, MSM-297-15, MSM-750-15, MSM-166-15, MSN-173-15, MSM-749-15 and MSM-167-15, MSM-246-15
1Malkani 2007; 2Malkani 2009; 3Malkani 2019; 4Malkani 2019