Gspsaurus
Gspsaurus was a medium-sized, stocky sauropod dinosaur that lived in what is now Pakistan and India. It had a small, spongy skull and a long neck, and it munched on plants with its slender, slightly curved teeth.21
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Gspsaurus is one of the few titanosaurs from the Indo-Pakistan subcontinent where a skull has been found together with the rest of the skeleton.1
Its teeth were circular to subcircular in cross-section, slender, and slightly recurved, with the thickness decreasing from base to tip.2
The name Gspsaurus honors the Geological Survey of Pakistan (GSP).1
Gspsaurus belonged to a group called Poripuchia, which means 'full tail' in the Saraiki language, because all the tail vertebrae were hollow on the front side.1
Its fossils were found in rocks that are about 68 to 66 million years old, from the very end of the Cretaceous Period.1
Most asked questions about Gspsaurus
?How big was Gspsaurus?
It was a medium-sized sauropod, but no exact length or weight is given in the sources.13
?What did Gspsaurus eat?
It was a plant-eater that used its slender, slightly curved teeth to munch on plants.13
?When did Gspsaurus live?
It lived at the very end of the Cretaceous Period, about 68 to 66 million years ago.1
?Where was Gspsaurus found?
Its fossils have been found in Pakistan and India, in the Vitakri and Lameta Formations.13
?How is Gspsaurus pronounced?
It is pronounced GSP saurus, because it stands for Geological Survey of Pakistan.1
?What does the name Gspsaurus mean?
The name honors the Geological Survey of Pakistan, and 'saurus' means lizard.1
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- Scientific name
- Gspsaurus
- Named by
- Malkani 20144
- Group
- Long-necks
- Family / clade
- Gspsauridae4
- Classification
- Sauropodomorpha > Sauropoda > Titanosauria > Macronaria4
- Age of the rocks
- 72 to 66 million years (Maastrichtian)4
- Rock formations
- Vitakri4
- Countries
- Pakistan4
- Fossil records
- 7 in the Paleobiology Database4
- Also known as
- Maojandino (older names now counted as the same animal)4
- Discovery
- Gspsaurus was named by Pakistani paleontologist M. S. Malkani in 2014, based on a partial skull and other bones found at Alam Kali Kakor in Balochistan, Pakistan.22
- Still debated
- Scientists are still debating exactly how Gspsaurus is related to other titanosaurs, because its skull and skeleton show a mix of features.1
Where the facts come from
- First Skull of Medium Sized Titanosaur in Indo-Pakistan Subcontinent Found from the Latest Maastrichtian Vitakri Formation of Pakistan; Associated Cranial and Postcranial Skeletons of Gspsaurus pakistani (Poripuchia, Stocky Titanosauria, Sauropoda) from Pakistan and India (scirp.org)
- PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
- Medium Sized Stocky Titanosaur from South Asia (scirp.org)
- Gspsaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): age, places, rock formations, classification.
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