Saraikimasoom
Field photograph to come
Saraikimasoom
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- Lived
- 72 to 66 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods, Gspsauridae
- Found in
- Pakistan
- Named by
- Malkani 2014
Field notes
About Saraikimasoom
Saraikimasoom 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 11 finds of Saraikimasoom, 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 Gspsauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology DatabaseNamed 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