Nala Basti, DL-7 (Zubra Gambrak) (Cretaceous of Pakistan)

Also known as PDL-7, Basti Nala, Zubra Gumbrak, Zubra Peak 7

Where: Balochistan, Pakistan (29.7° N, 69.5° 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)

• "... 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. 2003. Pakistani Titanosauria: are armoured dinosaurs?. Geological Bulletin University of Preshawar 36:85-91 [M. Carrano/S. Miller/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taphonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 79427: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Steven Miller on 07.03.2008, edited by Matthew Carrano

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Saurischia - Pakisauridae
Imrankhanhero zilefatmi4 Malkani 2023 sauropod
prox fibula MSM-253-7, and prox MT MSM-296-7
Pakisaurus balochistani1 Malkani 2004 sauropod
R mid scapula MSM-746-7, partial tibia MSM-235-7
 Saurischia - Gspsauridae
Saraikimasoom vitakri2 Malkani 2014 sauropod
MSM-746-7, MSM-84-7
 Saurischia - Balochisauridae
Balochisaurus malkani1 Malkani 2006 sauropod
MSM-84-7, osteoderm
 Saurischia -
Isisaurus colberti3 Jain and Bandyopadhyay 1997 sauropod
MSM-235-7, MSM-296-7