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Vitakridrinda

Osteichthyes - Vitakrisauridae

Taxonomy

Vitakridrinda was named by Malkani (2004).

It was assigned to Abelisauridae by Malkani (2004), Malkani (2006), Malkani (2006), Malkani (2007), Malkani (2008), Malkani (2008), Malkani (2009); to Vitakrisaurinae by Malkani (2010), Malkani (2010); to Abelisauria by Malkani (2008), Malkani (2009), Malkani (2010), Malkani (2014), Malkani (2016); and to Vitakrisauridae by Malkani (2010), Malkani (2011), Malkani (2014), Malkani (2015), Malkani (2015), Malkani (2020).

Species

V. sulaimani

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
2004	Vitakridrinda Malkani p. 73
2006	Vitakridrinda Malkani p. 12
2007	Vitakridrinda Malkani
2008	Vitakridrinda Malkani p. 51
2009	Vitakridrinda Malkani p. 65
2010	Vitakridrinda Malkani p. 46
2011	Vitakridrinda Malkani p. 59
2014	Vitakridrinda Malkani p. 56
2015	Vitakridrinda Malkani p. 10
2016	Vitakridrinda Malkani p. 131
2020	Vitakridrinda Malkani p. 511

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
class	Osteichthyes
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
—	Sauropsida
class	Reptilia
subclass	Eureptilia	()
—	Romeriida

Rank	Name	Author
—	Diapsida	()
—	Archosauromorpha	(Huene 1946)
—	Crocopoda
—	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
—	Eucrocopoda
—	Archosauria	()
informal	Avemetatarsalia
—	Ornithodira
—	Dinosauromorpha
—	Dinosauriformes
—	Dinosauria	()
—	Saurischia	()
—	Theropoda	()
—	Neotheropoda
—	Averostra	Paul 2002
suborder	Ceratosauria	()
superfamily	Abelisauroidea
family	Vitakrisauridae
subfamily	Vitakrisaurinae
genus	Vitakridrinda

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Vitakridrinda Malkani 2004

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†Vitakridrinda sulaimani Malkani 2004

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

hydroxyapatiteo

Entire body:

yeso

Adult length:

10 to < 100o

Adult width:

1.0 to < 10o

Adult height:

1.0 to < 10o

Architecture:

compact or denseo

Ontogeny:

accretion, modification of partso

Grouping:

solitaryo

Environment:

terrestrialo

Locomotion:

actively mobileo

Life habit:

ground dwellingo

Diet:

carnivoreo

Reproduction:

oviparouso

Dispersal:

direct/internalo

Dispersal 2:

mobileo

Created:

2004-12-14 12:50:08

Modified:

2004-12-14 14:50:08

Source: o = order

References: Marsh 1875, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (8 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Pakistan (Balochistan)	V. sulaimani (53153 78055 79428 79429 79664 79665 79666 79670)