Pronunciation: KAR-nuh-zeem
Meaning: Khan titan
Author/s: Malkani (2022)
Synonyms: None known
First Discovery: South Punjab, Pakistan
Discovery Chart Position: #1084
Khanazeem saraikistani
Nomen nudum, described in a non-official journal by Muhammad Sadiq Malkani.
(Khan Titan from Saraiki)Etymology
Khanazeem is derived from "Khan" (for Dr. Shereen Sufyan Khan, Hisan Khan, former Pakistan Prime minister Imran Khan, Imran Riaz Khan, Dr. Waqar Malik Khan, and basically everyone else named Khan) and the Saraiki "azeem" (titan).
The species epithet, saraikistani (suh-RY-kis-TAH-nee), honours the Saraiki Koh Sulaiman area which has yielded most of the Cretaceous dinosaur fossils from Pakistan.
Discovery
The remains of Khanazeem were discovered at the lower Bor type locality (Pakistan dinosaur locality 2) in the Vitakri Formation (Fort Munro Group), Barkhan district, Balochistan Province, South Punjab (Saraiki area), Pakistan
The holotype includes a lower jawbone with teeth (GSP/MSM-143-2), tail vertebrae (GSP/MSM-16-2 and GSP/MSM-793-2), partial thighbones (GSP/MSM-69-2, GSP/MSM-294-2, GSP/MSM-293-2 and GSP/MSM-266-2), fragmentary upper arm bones (GSP/MSM-289-2, GSP/ MSM-180-2, GSP/MSM-288-2 and GSP/MSM-290-2, a partial left shin (GSP/GSP/MSM-286-2) and two pieces of right shin (GSP/MSM-72-2 and GSP/MSM-186-2).
