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Malakhelisaurus

Description

Malakhelisaurus (meaning 'Malakhel lizard') is an ichnogenus of dinosaur footprint found in Pakistan. Several Malakhelisaurus footprints were destroyed due to the construction of a road.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8676120https://www.gbif.org/species/8676120
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)197544https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=197544
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Balochisauridae : Malakhelisaurus
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Malakhelisaurus
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SauropsidaHuxley 1864
classReptiliaLaurenti 1768
subclassEureptilia
-RomeriidaGauthier et al. 1988
-Diapsida
-Eosuchia
-NeodiapsidaBenton 1985
-SauriaGauthier 1984
-Archosauromorpha
-CrocopodaEzcurra 2016
-ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
-EucrocopodaEzcurra 2016
-Archosauria
informalAvemetatarsaliaBenton 1999
-OrnithodiraGauthier 1986
-DinosauromorphaBenton 1985
-DinosauriformesNovas 1992
-Dinosauria
-Saurischia
-EusaurischiaPadian et al. 1999
-Sauropodomorpha
-MassopodaYates 2007
-SauropodiformesMartinez et al. 2011
-Sauropoda
-EusauropodaUpchurch 1995
-NeosauropodaBonaparte 1986
-MacronariaSereno 1997
-TitanosauriformesSalgado et al. 1997
-SomphospondyliWilson and Sereno 1998
-TitanosauriaBonaparte and Coria 1993
genusMalakhelisaurusMalkani 2008
Common NameMalakhel lizard
Scientific NameMalakhelisaurus Malkani, 2008
Name Published InArticle title: Articulated partial skull, and its associated axial and limb elements of Marisaurus (Balochisauridae, Titanosauria, Sauropoda) discovered from the latest Cretaceous Sulaiman basin of Pakistan.
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Malakhelisaurusgenusbelongs to Titanosauriastated without evidenceMalkani, 2008
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
Environmentterrestrial (based on Sauropoda)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Sauropoda)
Dietherbivore (based on Sauropoda)
Reproductionoviparous, dispersal=direct/internal,mobile (based on Sauropoda)
Ontogenyaccretion,modification of parts (based on Sauropoda)
Taphonomyhydroxylapatite,compact or dense,thick (based on Sauropoda)
Primary Reference (PBDB)M. S. Malkani. 2008. Marisaurus (Balochisauridae, Titanosauria) remains from the latest Cretaceous of Pakistan. Sindh University Research Journal (Science Series) 40(2):55-78
Common Name(s) Malakhel Lizard
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malakhelisaurus

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Malakhelisaurus mianwali
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Malasaurus Malkani, 2007GBIFgenusAnimalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Balochisauridae : Malasaurus

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2007Malasaurus Malkani p. 10
2008Malakhelisaurus Malkani p. 55

References

Malkani M. S. (2008) Marisaurus (Balochisauridae, Titanosauria) remains from the latest Cretaceous of Pakistan, Sindh University Research Journal (Science Series) 40 2, 55-78
Malkani M. S. (2007) Trackways evidence of a sauropod dinosaurs confronted by a theropod found from Middle Jurassic Samana Suk Limestone of Pakistan, Sindh University Research Journal (Science Series) 39 1, 1-14
Sind University Research Journal - Science Series 40. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
inferred from original work (title) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
refer original publication - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
www.organismnames.com (Jul 2012) / web search - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Article title: Articulated partial skull, and its associated axial and limb elements of Marisaurus (Balochisauridae, Titanosauria, Sauropoda) discovered from the latest Cretaceous Sulaiman basin of Pakistan. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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