Qaikshaheen masoomniazi Malkani 2023 (sauropod)

Reptilia - Saurischia - Balochisauridae

Full reference: M. S. Malkani. 2023. A glance on the mineral deposits and stratigraphic sequential variations and structures in different sections of Indus Basin (Pakistan): new titanosaurian sauropod dinosaurs from the latest Maastrichtian Vitakri Formation of Pakistan. Open Journal of Geology 13(10):1069-1138

Belongs to Qaikshaheen according to M. S. Malkani 2023

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Holotype includes partial posterior cervical centrum GSP-UM/ Sangiali-1101, partial cervicodorsal centrum GSP-UM/Sangiali-1176, three par- tial dorsal vertebrae GSP-UM/Sangiali-1102, GSP-UM/Sangiali-1103 and GSP-UM/Sangiali-1123, dorsal neural arch GSP-UM, a set of postcrania. Its type locality is Sangiali Kali Kakor, DL-1 (eastern), which is in a Maastrichtian fluvial mudstone in the Vitakri Formation of Pakistan.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of India (1 collection), Pakistan (2)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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