Vitakridrinda

Taxobox
name = "Vitakridrinda"
fossil_range = Late Cretaceous
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
superordo = Dinosauria
ordo = Saurischia
subordo = Theropoda
infraordo = Ceratosauria
superfamilia = Abelisauroidea
familia = Abelisauridae
genus = "Vitakridrinda"
genus_authority = Malkani, 2006
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
*"V. sulaimani" Malkani, 2006 (type)

"Vitakridrinda" is a genus of abelisaurid theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Balochistan, western Pakistan. The type species is "V. sulaimani". The discovery was made (along with other dinosaur specimens) near Vitariki by a team of palaeontologists from the Geological Survey of Pakistan,cite web |url=http://www.dawn.com/weekly/science/archive/060325/science5.htm |title=Country’s first dinosaur fossils |accessdate=2007-11-09 |last=Rana |first=A.N. |date=2006-03-25 |publisher=DAWN] in rocks from the Maastrichtian-age Vitakri Member of the Pab Formation.cite journal |last=Malkani |first=M.S. |year=2006 |title=Biodiversity of saurischian dinosaurs from the Latest Cretaceous Park of Pakistan |journal=Journal of Applied and Emerging Sciences |volume=1 |issue=3 |pages=108–140] Formally described in 2006 by M.S. Malkani, the genus is based on partial remains including two thigh bones, a braincase, and a tooth. A partial snout was later found that Malkani assigned to the holotype, and additional vertebrae may also belong to this genus.cite journal |last=Malkani |first=M.S. |year=2006 |title=First rostrum of carnivorous "Vitakridrinda" (Abelisaurid theropod dinosaur) found from the Latest Cretaceous dinosaur beds (Vitakri) Member of Pab Formation, Alam Kali Kakor Locality of Viakri area, Darkham District, Balochistan, Pakistan |journal=Sindh University Y Research Journal (Science Series) |volume=38 |issue=3 |pages=7–26] cite web| last =| first =| authorlink =| coauthors =| title =Vitakridrinda sulaimani | work =| publisher =DinoData.org| date =2007| url =http://www.dinodata.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=9667&Itemid=67| format =| doi =| accessdate=2007-11-08] The genus is also known as "Vitaridrinda" in press reports.

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External links

* [http://dml.cmnh.org/2007Jun/msg00397.html Dinosaur Mailing List] post on "Vitakridrinda" and other new taxa from Pakistan.
* [http://www.dinodata.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=9667&Itemid=67 "Vitakridrinda"] on DinoData.org.