Ikqaumishan
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Ikqaumishan
DV-1208 · type species Ikqaumishan smqureshi
- Lived
- 72 to 66 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods, Gspsauridae
- Found in
- Pakistan and India
- Named by
- Malkani 2023
Field notes
About Ikqaumishan
Ikqaumishan 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 3 finds of Ikqaumishan, from Pakistan and India. Its fossils come from rocks including the Vitakri Formation and the Lameta Formation. It was named by Malkani in 2023.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
70 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Gspsauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology DatabaseNamed in: M. S. Malkani. 2023. A glance on the mineral deposits and stratigraphic sequential variations and structures in different sections of Indus Basin (Pakistan): new titanosaurian sauropod dinosaurs from the latest Maastrichtian Vitakri Formation of Pakistan. Open Journal of Geology 13(10):1069-1138