Outline: a typical sauropod
Gspsaurus
- Lived
- 72 to 66 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods, Gspsauridae
- Found in
- Pakistan
- Named by
- Malkani 2014
Where its fossils were found
The evidence
Today
70 million years ago
Field notes
About Gspsaurus
What it was like
Gspsaurus was named as a titanosaur, a long-necked, four-legged plant eater. It is known from a few scattered bones.
Many scientists doubt it is a separate genus, because the bones are so incomplete.
Its world
It lived about 72 to 66 million years ago, at the end of the Late Cretaceous, in what is now Pakistan. Its bones come from the Vitakri Formation.
How it was found
Malkani named Gspsaurus in 2014. The name honors the geological survey of the country.
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations
Close relatives
Other members of Gspsauridae
Sources: WikidataNamed in: M. S. Malkani. 2014. Titanosaurian sauropod dinosaurs from the Latest Cretaceous of Pakistan. Second International Symposium of International Geoscience Programme (IGCP) Project 608 “Cretaceous Ecosystems and Their Responses to Paleoenvironmental Changes in Asia and the Western Pacific”. Abstract Volume