Titles

Saraikimasoom vitakri

Nicksaurus razashahi

Informal Description

[79]

[79]

Formal Description

[88]

[89]

Holotype

Snout GSP/MSM-142-4, consisting of articulated left and right premaxillae, left and right maxillae, dorsal and ventral palatal process, left and right dentary, and complete teeth row. (Figure 13, Figure 14)

Jaw ramus with 6 teeth GSP/MSM-138-4n; proximal maxilla with 2 or 3 teeth GSP/MSM-315-4n; maxilla/skull element with 1 tooth GSP/MSM-314-4n; cervical vertebrae GSP/MSM-381-4n, GSP/MSM-383-4n and GSP/MSM-212-4n; dorsal vertebra GSP/MSM-382-4n; caudal vertebrae GSP/MSM-347-4n, GSP/MSM-348-4n; caudal chevron GSP/MSM-313-4n; proximal scapula GSP/MSM-1096-4n; mid scapular parts GSP/MSM-380-4n and GSP/MSM-377-4n; left humerus GSP/MSM-438-4n; proximal radius GSP/MSM-344-4n; left femur GSP/MSM-190-4n; right distal femur GSP/MSM-192-4n; right femur parts GSP/MSM-378-4n, GSP/MSM-270-4n; left and right distal tibiae GSP/MSM-346-4n, GSP/MSM-345-4n; tibia shaft cross section GSP/MSM-379-4n (Figure 15)

Holotypic elements

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Type locality

South Kinwa* (latitude 29˚40'57"N; longitude 69˚23'09"E; Figure 4 of [88] )

North Kinwa (latitude 29˚41'16"N; longitude 69˚23'31"E; Figure 4 of [88] )

Referred specimens

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Caudal vertebrae GSP/MSM-512-4, GSP/MSM-514-4, GSP/MSM-811-4, GSP/MSM-515-4 and GSP/MSM-808-4 from south Kinwa. Caudal vertebrae GSP/MSM-1021-4m (north), GSP/MSM-1018-4m (north) and GSP/MSM-1019-4m (north), broad anterior caudal vertebra GSP/MSM-1016-4m and midcaudal vertebra GSP/MSM-1017-4m-south from mid Kinwa.. Five spongy coprolite/osteoderms GSP/MSM-1050, GSP/MSM-1051, GSP/MSM-1052, GSP/MSM-1053 and GSP/MSM-1054 from Vitakri dome. A few teeth or rock fragments. A distal rib MSM-5/02 Karkh from south Karkh locality (Figure 1 of [89] ) (first Maastrichtian titanosaur bone from Kirthar basin/lower Indus basin). (Figure 15).

Referred Elements

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18

Referred localities

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south Karkh (Figure 1 of [89] ). South Kinwa and mid Kinwa (Figure 4 of [88] ), Vitakri dome (Figure 4 of [88] ).