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Large Titanosaur from Indo-Pakistan Peninsula
Geological Survey of Pakistan, Muzaffarabad, Pakistan
- 1 Geological Survey of Pakistan, Muzaffarabad, Pakistan
Open Journal of Geology·Volume 09 (2019)·Pages 635–638·Published 20 September 2019·DOI10.4236/ojg.2019.910061
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Abstract
Indo-Pakistan subcontinent is lucky to host the smallest, medium and large sized titanosaurian sauropod dinosaurs. Saraikimasoom is the smallest sized, and Gspsaurus is the medium sized transversely stocky, Pakisaurus and Isisaurus are the large sized titanosaurs of South Asia. Pakisaurus balochistani is a slender type of pakisaurid titanosaurian based on associated vertebral and appendicular skeletons. Pakisaurus balochistani includes key elements like transversely thin or narrow tibia and ventrally not reduced tall caudal vertebrae, along with other elements which are significant for cladistic analysis.
KeywordsLarge TitanosaurLatest MaastrichtianVitakri Lameta FormationIndo-Pakistan
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