Karkh (Cretaceous of Pakistan)

Where: Balochistan, Pakistan (27.8° N, 67.2° E: paleocoordinates 14.1° S, 55.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by M. S. Malkani

Primary reference: M. S. Malkani. 2007. First diagnostic fossils of Late Cretaceous crocodyliform (Mesoeucrocodylia, Reptilia) from Vitakri area, Barkhan District, Balochistan, Pakistan. Contribution to Geology of Pakistan. Proceedings of 5th Pakistan Geological Congress 2004, Pakistan Museum of Natural History, Islamabad. National Geological Society of Pakistan 241-260 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 79670: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 17.03.2008

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Theropoda - Vitakrisauridae
Vitakridrinda sulaimani1, ? Vitakrisaurus saraiki5
Vitakridrinda sulaimani1 Malkani 2004 ceratosaur
proximal femur or nodule MSM-1049-K; mid cross section of femur or nodule MSM-1057-K
? Vitakrisaurus saraiki5 Malkani 2010 ceratosaur
limb bones
 Saurischia - Pakisauridae
? Pakisaurus sp.2
? Pakisaurus sp.2 Malkani 2004 sauropod
Femur head or nodule MSM-1055-K
 Saurischia - Gspsauridae
? Saraikimasoom vitakri4
? Saraikimasoom vitakri4 Malkani 2014 sauropod
MSM-5/02 Karkh
 Loricata -
Mesoeucrocodylia indet.3
Mesoeucrocodylia indet.3 Whetstone and Whybrow 1983 crocodilian
MSM-68-Karkh, egg
1Malkani 2009; 2Malkani 2010; 3Malkani 2015; 4Malkani 2020; 5Malkani 2020