Marisaurus

Marisaurus
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Clade:Dinosauria
Order:Saurischia
Suborder:†Sauropodomorpha
Clade:†Sauropoda
Clade:†Titanosauria
Family:†Saltasauridae
Genus:Marisaurus
Malkani, 2003a vide Malkani, 2006
Species: M. jeffi
Binomial name
Marisaurus jeffi
Malkani, 2003a vide Malkani, 2006

Marisaurus (meaning "Mari lizard", for the Mari tribe of Pakistan) is a genus of titanosaurian sauropod from the Late Cretaceous of Balochistan, western Pakistan. The type species is M. jeffi, described by M. Sadiq Malkani in 2006, and it is based on tail vertebrae, found in the Maastrichtian-age Vitakri Member of the Pab Formation. Much additional material, including a partial skull, many vertebrae, and a few hindlimb bones, was referred to this genus. Marisaurus was assigned to Balochisauridae with Sulaimanisaurus, although the family was used as a synonym of Saltasauridae.[1][2]

References

  1. ↑ Malkani, M.S. (2006). "Biodiversity of saurischian dinosaurs from the Latest Cretaceous Park of Pakistan" (PDF). Journal of Applied and Emerging Sciences. 1 (3): 108–140. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-06-22.
  2. ↑ M. Sadiq Malkani;SUN Ge (2016) Fossil biotas from Pakistan with focus on dinosaur distributions and discussion on paleobiogeographic evolution of Indo-Pak Peninsula. Global Geology 19(4): 230-240 http://www.cnki.net/kcms/detail/detail.aspx?filename=DBYD201604005&DBName=cjfdtotal&dbcode=cjfd&v=MDQ4MjdsNGpkNVNYM21yR05IRnJDVVJMMmZaZVp1RmlEbVU3ekxJUy9TYXJHNEg5Zk1xNDlGWVlRTEJIazV6aFI=
  • Dinosaur Mailing List post on Marisaurus and other new taxa from Pakistan.
  • Rana, A.N. (2006-03-25). "Country's first dinosaur fossils". DAWN. Archived from the original on 2007-06-21. Retrieved 2007-07-29.


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