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Saraikimasoom Saraikimasoom vitakri Malkani 2014
/sˈæɹeɪkˌɪmɐsˌuːm/
estimated
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · 72.2–66 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
herding
Where It Was Found
Country
Pakistan
Region
Balochistan
Formation
Vitakri
Dig sites
12
distinct collections
Overview
Saraikimasoom vitakri is a sauropodomorph dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 72.2–66.0 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and herding. Fossils have been recovered from Balochistan, Pakistan. It was named by Malkani 2014. The species is represented by 12 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~38%
well attested
Based on 12 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Saraikimasoom vitakri sits in deep time
Saraikimasoom
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Saraikimasoom vitakri's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.