Top Kinwa Kali Kakor, DL-16 (eastern) (Cretaceous of Pakistan)

Also known as PDL-16, Vitakri

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)

• "... 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 79429: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Steven Miller on 07.03.2008, edited by Matthew Carrano

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Theropoda - Vitakrisauridae
Vitakridrinda sulaimani2
Vitakridrinda sulaimani2 Malkani 2004 ceratosaur
MSM-1043-16, 1044-16, 1040-16, 1048-16, 149-16, 41-16, 42-16
 Saurischia -
Eusauropoda indet.7, Titanosauria indet.
Eusauropoda indet.7 Upchurch 1995 sauropod
GSP-UM 7000
Titanosauria indet. Bonaparte and Coria 1993 sauropod
MSM-73-16, 74-16, 76-16, 77-16, 131-16, 132-16, 137-16
 Saurischia - Balochisauridae
Marisaurus jeffi1
Marisaurus jeffi1 Malkani 2004 sauropod
MSM-34-16, 35-16, 74-16, 83-16, 131-16, 132-16, 137-16, 147-16 to 150-16, 153-16, 175-16, 176-16, 240-16, 250-16, 256-16, 327-16 to 330-16, 511-16, 557-16, 604-16, 767-16, 774-16, 776-16, 838-16, 1014-16, 1035-16, 1036-16
 Saurischia - Gspsauridae
Saraikimasoom vitakri4, Gspsaurus pakistani5
Saraikimasoom vitakri4 Malkani 2014 sauropod
MSM-1036-16
Gspsaurus pakistani5 Malkani 2014 sauropod
proximal ulna (MSM-175-16, MSM-240-16); distal ulna (MSM-74-16); distal radius MSM-160-16; acetabulum (MSM-147-16, MSM-48-16); tibia 73-16; fibulae 76-16. 77-16; armor 83-16, 1035-16; left and right distal scapulae (MSM-250-16, MSM-176-16, convex part of sternal MSM-1014-16, sternal part MSM-604-16; GSP/MSM-2-16 braincase
 Pterosauria - Saraikisauridae
Saraikisaurus minhui n. gen. n. sp.3
Saraikisaurus minhui n. gen. n. sp.3 Malkani 2014 pterosaur
MSM-157-16
 Loricata -
Pabwehshi pakistanensis n. gen. n. sp.6
Pabwehshi pakistanensis n. gen. n. sp.6 Wilson et al. 2001 Pab beast
GSP-UM 2000 (= GSP-MSM-3-16)
1Malkani 2006; 2Malkani 2010; 3Malkani 2014; 4Malkani 2019; 5Malkani 2019; 6Wilson et al. 2001; 7Wilson et al. 2005