Nicksaurus

Field photograph to come

DV-0898Vitakri Fm., Pakistan

Nicksaurus

DV-0898

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

Field notes

About Nicksaurus

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

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Nicksaurus, from Pakistan. Its fossils come from the Vitakri Formation. It was named by Malkani in 2014.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

70 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Saltasauridae.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: M. S. Malkani. 2014. Dinosaurs from the Jurassic and Cretaceous systems of Pakistan: their paleobiogeographic link. The History of Life: A View from the Southern Hemisphere. 4th International Palaeontological Congress. Abstract Volume