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Sulaimanisaurus gingerichi

Reptilia - Pakisauridae

Taxonomy
Sulaimanisaurus gingrechi was named by Malkani (2004). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kinwa Kali Kakor, DL-4 (southern sites), which is in a Maastrichtian fluvial claystone in the Vitakri Formation of Pakistan.

It was corrected as Sulaimanisaurus gingerichi by Malkani (2006), Malkani (2006), Malkani (2007), Malkani (2008), Malkani (2008), Malkani (2010), Malkani (2010), Malkani (2010), Malkani (2010), Malkani (2014), Malkani (2014), Malkani (2014), Malkani (2015), Malkani (2015), Malkani (2015), Malkani (2016), Malkani (2017), Malkani (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Sulaimanisaurus gingrechi Malkani p. 71
2006Sulaimanisaurus gingerichi Malkani p. 112
2007Sulaimanisaurus gingerichi Malkani
2008Sulaimanisaurus gingerichi Malkani p. 51
2010Sulaimanisaurus gingerichi Malkani p. 40
2014Sulaimanisaurus gingerichi Malkani p. 56
2015Sulaimanisaurus gingerichi Malkani p. 4
2016Sulaimanisaurus gingerichi Malkani p. 129
2017Sulaimanisaurus gingerichi Malkani p. 117
2020Sulaimanisaurus gingerichi Malkani p. 409

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
RankNameAuthor
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Sauropoda()
—Gravisauria
—Eusauropoda
—Neosauropoda
—Macronaria
—Titanosauriformes
—Titanosauria
—PoripuchiaMalkani 2020
familyPakisauridae
subfamilyIsisaurinae
genusSulaimanisaurus
speciesgingerichi()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
M. S. Malkani 2015long and squarish mid caudals
M. S. Malkani 2016characterized by long and squarish mid caudals
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteinfrao
Entire body: yesinfrao
Adult length: 10 to < 100infrao
Adult width: 10 to < 100infrao
Adult height: 10 to < 100infrao
Thickness: thickinfrao
Architecture: compact or denseinfrao
Form: sphericalinfrao
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partsinfrao
Grouping: gregariousinfrao
Environment: terrestrialinfrao
Locomotion: actively mobileinfrao
Life habit: ground dwellinginfrao
Diet: herbivoreinfrao
Reproduction: oviparousinfrao
Dispersal: direct/internalinfrao
Dispersal 2: mobileinfrao
Created: 2004-12-14 12:49:10
Modified: 2004-12-14 14:49:10
Source: infrao = infraorder
Reference: Marsh 1875

Age range: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Pakistan (Balochistan) Sauropoda indet. (78055) Sulaimanisaurus gingerichi (53153 type locality: 79428 79664 79665 220154)