Nicksaurus
Field photograph to come
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
70 million years ago
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