Gspsaurus

Field photograph to come

DV-0891Vitakri Fm., Pakistan

Gspsaurus

DV-0891

Lived
72 to 66 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
Diet
Herbivore
Group
Sauropods, Gspsauridae
Found in
Pakistan
Named by
Malkani 2014

Field notes

About Gspsaurus

Gspsaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 72 to 66 million years ago. It belongs to the family Gspsauridae.

The Paleobiology Database lists 7 finds of Gspsaurus, from Pakistan. Its fossils come from the Vitakri Formation. It was named by Malkani in 2014.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

7 finds

70 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Gspsauridae.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: M. S. Malkani. 2014. Titanosaurian sauropod dinosaurs from the Latest Cretaceous of Pakistan. Second International Symposium of International Geoscience Programme (IGCP) Project 608 “Cretaceous Ecosystems and Their Responses to Paleoenvironmental Changes in Asia and the Western Pacific”. Abstract Volume