Sulaimanisaurus
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Sulaimanisaurus
DV-0554
- Lived
- 72 to 66 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods, Pakisauridae
- Found in
- Pakistan
- Named by
- Malkani 2004
Field notes
About Sulaimanisaurus
Sulaimanisaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 72 to 66 million years ago. It belongs to the family Pakisauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 6 finds of Sulaimanisaurus, from Pakistan. Its fossils come from the Vitakri Formation. It was named by Malkani in 2004.
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 Pakisauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: M. S. Malkani. 2004. Saurischian dinosaurs from Late Cretaceous of Pakistan. In S. S. Hussain & H. D. Akbar (eds.), 5th Pakistan Geological Congress, Islamabad. National Geological Society of Pakistan, Pakistan Museum of Natural History (Pakistan Science Foundation)