Artigo Acesso aberto

Medium Sized Stocky Titanosaur from South Asia

2019; Scientific Research Publishing; Volume: 09; Issue: 10 Linguagem: Inglês

10.4236/ojg.2019.910060

ISSN

2161-7589

Autores

Muhammad Sadiq Malkani,

Tópico(s)

Evolution and Paleontology Studies

Resumo

Recently, four coexisted titanosaurs from latest Maastrichtian Vitakri Lameta Formation of Indo-Pakistan are recognized as Isisaurus and Pakisaurus of large-sized slender pakisaurids, Saraikimasoom and Gspsaurus of the smallest and medium sized transversely stocky gspsaurids. Gspsaurus pakistani based on associated skull (with conical teeth tapering gradually from base to tip), vertebral and appendicular elements found from Alam 19 locality of Vitakri area, Barkhan district, Balochistan, Pakistan, South Asia. Gspsaurus bears sufficient skeletal elements and can be used for evolutionary studies.

Referência(s)
Altmetric
PlumX