Pronunciation: SHAN-suh-RY-kee
Meaning: Saraiki respect and honour
Author/s: Malkani (2022)
Synonyms: None known
First Discovery: Balochistan, Pakistan
Discovery Chart Position: #1060
Shansaraiki insafi
Shansaraiki is indeed shan, but not in the way its author intended. Its meagre remains were found scattered on the surface of the Vitakri Formation and described in a pay-to-publish "journal" without a sniff of peer-review by serial pain-in-the-bum Muhammad Sadiq Malkani. Malkani has named dozens of dinosaurs from the same area based on equally poor remains and via a similarly shady route. And like the others, Shansaraiki is a nomen nudum (naked name) yet to be enrobed with anything even remotely resembling an official description.
(Saraiki respect, honour and justice)Etymology
Shansaraiki is derived from the Saraiki "shan" (respect and honour) and "saraiki" (the area that yielded the fossils, the people that live there, and the language that yielded "shan"). In northern English slang terms, "shan" means "not very good", but not as polite as that!
The species epithet, insafi, means "justice", and honours pretty much everyone who supports "rule of law and deletion of corruption in Pakistan".
Discovery
The remains of Shansaraiki were discovered at Shalghara locality 3 in the Vitakri Formation (Fort Munro Group), Barkhan district, Balochistan Province, South Punjab (Saraiki area), Pakistan.
The holotype includes jaw bones (GSP/ MSM-140-3 and GSP/MSM-5-3) and a back vertebra (GSP/MSM-57-3) found as ground scatter.
