Marisaurus
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| Marisaurus Fossil range: Late Cretaceous |
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M. jeffi Malkani, 2006 (type) |
Marisaurus (meaning "Mari lizard", for the Mari tribe of Pakistan) is a genus of titanosaurian sauropod from the Late Cretaceous of Balochistan, western Pakistan. The type species is M. jeffi, and it is based on tail vertebrae, found in the Maastrichtian-age Vitakri Member of the Pab Formation. Much additional material, including a partial skull, many vertebrae, and a few hindlimb bones, has been assigned to it.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ Malkani, M.S. (2006). "Biodiversity of saurischian dinosaurs from the Latest Cretaceous Park of Pakistan". Journal of Applied and Emerging Sciences 1 (3): 108–140.
[edit] External links
- Dinosaur Mailing List post on Marisaurus and other new taxa from Pakistan.
- Rana, A.N. (2006-03-25). Country’s first dinosaur fossils. DAWN. Retrieved on 2007-07-29.</ref>
- Marisaurus on DinoData.org
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