Baroch Nala tracksite (northern), Malakhel (Jurassic of Pakistan)

Where: Punjab, Pakistan (32.9° N, 70.2° E: paleocoordinates 19.9° S, 42.9° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Samanasuk Formation, Middle Jurassic (174.7 - 161.5 Ma)

• also spelled Samanna Suk, Samanasuk, and Samana Suk Limestone

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marginal marine; gray, white limestone and gray, green, calcareous shale

• "The limestone is white brown as weathered, and white to light grey as fresh, thin to thick bedded, interbedded with light grey to greenish grey calcareous shale."

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, trace

Collected by M. S. Malkani

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: M. S. Malkani. 2007. Trackways evidence of a sauropod dinosaurs confronted by a theropod found from Middle Jurassic Samana Suk Limestone of Pakistan. Sindh University Research Journal (Science Series) 39(1):1-14 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 80011: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 01.04.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Theropoda - Vitakrisauridae
Samanadrinda surghari n. gen. n. sp.
Samanadrinda surghari n. gen. n. sp. Malkani 2007 ceratosaur
trackway, 5 prints total
 Saurischia -
"Malasaurus mianwali n. gen. n. sp." = Malakhelisaurus mianwali
"Malasaurus mianwali n. gen. n. sp." = Malakhelisaurus mianwali Malkani 2007 Malakhel lizard
trackways, 10 prints total