Dinosaur genus

Saraikimasoom

Malkani 2014

Saraikimasoom is a dinosaur genus known from bones, found in rocks 72.2–66 million years old, in Pakistan.

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At a glance

Data as of 11 October 2026

72.2–66 Ma

Triassic

Jurassic

Cretaceous

252 million years ago20114366

The last non-bird dinosaurs died out 66 million years ago. That's as far from us as the end of this bar.

Named by: Malkani 2014
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medium: Only PBDB gives this; nothing contradicts it.
Sources
Given by: Paleobiology Database. How it was chosen: PBDB leads.
Described 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: 108–111.
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medium: Only PBDB gives this; its author and year match the naming authority (Malkani 2014).
Sources
Given by: Paleobiology Database. The publication the Paleobiology Database gives as the authority for this genus name, usually the one that first named and described it.
Lived: Maastrichtian, 72.2–66 million years ago
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medium: Only PBDB gives this; nothing contradicts it.
Omnisaura calculation72.2–66 million years ago, from its dated fossil records
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medium: Omnisaura's calculation from 11 confirmed PBDB records.
Sources
Given by: Paleobiology Database. How it was chosen: PBDB leads.
Fossils found in: Pakistan
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medium: Only PBDB records it (11 records).
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Given by: Paleobiology Database. How it was chosen: Union of all sources (ISO 3166).
Rock formations: Vitakri
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medium: Only PBDB records it (11 records).
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Given by: Paleobiology Database. How it was chosen: Canonical names, automatic and editor-approved matches applied.
Family: Gspsauridae
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medium: Only PBDB gives this; nothing contradicts it.
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Given by: Paleobiology Database. How it was chosen: PBDB leads.
Parent group: Saraikimasoominae
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medium: Only PBDB gives this; nothing contradicts it.
Sources
Given by: Paleobiology Database. How it was chosen: PBDB leads.
Species named in its records: Saraikimasoom vitakri
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Given by: Paleobiology Database (the species its fossil records are identified as).
Diet: herbivore (inferred for its group)
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medium: Only PBDB gives this, and it infers it for the whole of Sauropoda, the group this genus belongs to, not from this genus's own fossils.
Sources
Given by: Paleobiology Database. How it was chosen: PBDB, inferred from a group the genus belongs to.
Way of life: ground dwelling, gregarious (inferred for its group)
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low: PBDB infers this way of life for the whole of Sauropoda; behaviour is rarely known for one genus.
Sources
Given by: Paleobiology Database. How it was chosen: PBDB, inferred from a group the genus belongs to.
Known from: Bones
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Given by: Paleobiology Database (what the name was based on).

Sources: Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0)Confidence levels and gaps are Omnisaura's own assessment.

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What isn't known yet

Type species: no source we use gives it yet.
Order: no source we use gives it yet.
Common names: no source we use gives it yet.
What it was named after: no source we use gives it yet.
Held back: 1 fossil record left out: identified only tentatively (for example "cf.", "?" or the name in quotation marks).
Resting on one source: 6 facts come from a single source with nothing against them (rated medium): name (PBDB); authority (PBDB); parent group (PBDB); family (PBDB); age (headline) (PBDB); diet (PBDB).

Size and appearance aren't covered yet, and diet and way of life only as PBDB infers them for the wider group. Omnisaura leaves the rest out rather than guess.

Where sources disagree

None open. Where our sources overlap, they agree on everything shown here.

Did it meet…?

Did Saraikimasoom meet ?

Same time, different places. Their fossils overlap in age, 72.2 to 66 million years ago, but no rock formation holds both.

Going by the ages and rock formations of their dated fossils, as on the map. Compare their fossil sites on the map.

Connections

Genera linked to Saraikimasoom by where and when their fossils were found, by classification and by who named them. Select a name to open its page.

Same rocks, same time 13

Genera found in the same rock units, from rocks of overlapping age, the most shared fossil sites first.

Pakisaurus Balochisaurus Vitakridrinda Gspsaurus Khetranisaurus Sulaimanisaurus Marisaurus Ikqaumishan Imrankhanhero Isisaurus Khanazeem Vitakrisaurus Qaikshaheen

Same family: Gspsauridae 2

Other genera in Gspsauridae with a full profile.

Gspsaurus Ikqaumishan

Named by Malkani 12

Genera whose naming authority includes the same surname. The authority has no initials, so different people who share a surname can appear together.

Balochisaurus Gspsaurus Ikqaumishan Imrankhanhero Khanazeem Khetranisaurus Marisaurus Pakisaurus Qaikshaheen Sulaimanisaurus Vitakridrinda Vitakrisaurus

Found in Pakistan 13

Other genera found in Pakistan, from rocks of overlapping age, the most fossil sites there first.

Pakisaurus Balochisaurus Vitakridrinda Gspsaurus Khetranisaurus Sulaimanisaurus Marisaurus Ikqaumishan Imrankhanhero Isisaurus Khanazeem Vitakrisaurus Qaikshaheen

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Paleobiology DatabaseCC BY 4.0 · fossil records, ages, classification
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