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Gspsaurus

Reptilia - Gspsauridae

Taxonomy

Gspsaurus was named by Malkani (2014). It is the type genus of Gspsauridae, Gspsaurinae.

It was assigned to Titanosauria by Malkani (2014), Malkani (2014), Malkani (2014), Malkani (2015) and Malkani (2015); to Gspsaurinae by Malkani (2015), Malkani (2019) and Malkani (2019); and to Gspsauridae by Malkani (2020) and Malkani (2020).

Species

G. pakistani (syn. Maojandino alami)

Synonyms

Maojandino was named by Malkani (2014).

It was synonymized subjectively with Gspsaurus by Malkani (2023).

It was assigned to Titanosauria by Malkani (2014), Malkani (2015) and Malkani (2015); and to Balochisauridae by Malkani (2015) and Malkani (2016).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
2014	Gspsaurus Malkani p. 56
2014	Maojandino Malkani p. 169
2014	Gspsaurus Malkani p. 872
2014	Maojandino Malkani p. 872
2015	Gspsaurus Malkani p. 4
2015	Maojandino Malkani p. 6
2015	Gspsaurus Malkani p. 95
2015	Maojandino Malkani p. 97
2015	Gspsaurus Malkani p. 251
2015	Maojandino Malkani p. 251
2016	Maojandino Malkani p. 129
2019	Gspsaurus Malkani p. 631
2020	Gspsaurus Malkani p. 420

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

Rank	Name	Author
—	Archosauromorpha	(Huene 1946)
—	Crocopoda
—	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
—	Eucrocopoda
—	Archosauria	()
informal	Avemetatarsalia
—	Ornithodira
—	Dinosauromorpha
—	Dinosauriformes
—	Dinosauria	()
—	Saurischia	()
—	Sauropoda	()
—	Gravisauria
—	Eusauropoda
—	Neosauropoda
—	Macronaria
—	Titanosauriformes
—	Titanosauria
—	Poripuchia	Malkani 2020
family	Gspsauridae
subfamily	Gspsaurinae
genus	Gspsaurus

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. †Gspsaurus Malkani 2014

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†Gspsaurus pakistani Malkani 2014

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Invalid names: Maojandino alami Malkani 2014 [synonym]

Invalid names: Maojandino Malkani 2014 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

hydroxyapatiteinfrao

Entire body:

yesinfrao

Adult length:

10 to < 100infrao

Adult width:

10 to < 100infrao

Adult height:

10 to < 100infrao

Thickness:

thickinfrao

Architecture:

compact or denseinfrao

Form:

sphericalinfrao

Ontogeny:

accretion, modification of partsinfrao

Grouping:

gregariousinfrao

Environment:

terrestrialinfrao

Locomotion:

actively mobileinfrao

Life habit:

ground dwellinginfrao

Diet:

herbivoreinfrao

Reproduction:

oviparousinfrao

Dispersal:

direct/internalinfrao

Dispersal 2:

mobileinfrao

Created:

2004-12-14 12:49:10

Modified:

2004-12-14 14:49:10

Source: infrao = infraorder

Reference: Marsh 1875

Age range: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 70.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian	70.6 - 66.0	Pakistan (Balochistan)	G. pakistani (79428 79429 79664 79665 79668) Maojandino alami, Marisaurus jeffi (79666)