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==Career== ==Career==
Beginning in 2001, Malkani excavated fossils that he would later study from the ] of ].<ref name="dawn">{{cite web |last=Rana |first=A.N. |date=2006-03-25 |title=Country's first dinosaur fossils |url=http://www.dawn.com/weekly/science/archive/060325/science5.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070621133347/http://www.dawn.com/weekly/science/archive/060325/science5.htm |archive-date=2007-06-21 |access-date=2007-07-29 |publisher=DAWN}}</ref> He named several species, including '']'' in 2001,<ref name=":2">{{Cite journal|last1=Wilson|first1=Jeffrey A.|last2=Malkani|first2=M. Sadiq|last3=Gingerich|first3=Philip D.|year=2001|title=New crocodyliform (Reptilia, Mesoeucrocodylia) from the Upper Cretaceous Pab Formation of Vitakri, Balochistan (Pakistan)|journal=Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology|publisher=]|volume=30|issue=12|pages=321–336}}</ref> '']'' in 2003,<ref name="Malkani2003">{{cite journal |last1=Malkani |first1=M. S. |year=2003 |title=First Jurassic dinosaur fossils found from Kirthar range, Khuzdar District, Balochistan, Pakistan |url=http://nceg.uop.edu.pk/GeologicalBulletin/Vol-36-2003/Vol-36-2003-Paper8.pdf |journal=]|volume=36 |pages=73–83}}</ref> and '']'' in 2006.<ref name="Malkhani2006">{{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=] (Science Series) |volume=38 |issue=3 |pages=7–26}}</ref> Malkani discovered the first known ] remains found in Pakistan in 2000,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Allen |first=Nicholas |date=December 2017 |title=Zhob dinosaur trackway, Pakistan field trips |url=https://factumfoundation.org/our-projects/digitisation/zhob-dinosaur-trackway-pakistan-field-trips/ |access-date=11 December 2024 |website=Factum Foundation for Digital Technology in Preservation}}</ref> and beginning in 2001, Malkani excavated fossils that he would later study from the ] of ].<ref name="dawn">{{cite web |last=Rana |first=A.N. |date=2006-03-25 |title=Country's first dinosaur fossils |url=http://www.dawn.com/weekly/science/archive/060325/science5.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070621133347/http://www.dawn.com/weekly/science/archive/060325/science5.htm |archive-date=2007-06-21 |access-date=2007-07-29 |publisher=DAWN}}</ref> He named several species, including '']'' in 2001,<ref name=":2">{{Cite journal|last1=Wilson|first1=Jeffrey A.|last2=Malkani|first2=M. Sadiq|last3=Gingerich|first3=Philip D.|year=2001|title=New crocodyliform (Reptilia, Mesoeucrocodylia) from the Upper Cretaceous Pab Formation of Vitakri, Balochistan (Pakistan)|journal=Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology|publisher=]|volume=30|issue=12|pages=321–336}}</ref> '']'' in 2003,<ref name="Malkani2003">{{cite journal |last1=Malkani |first1=M. S. |year=2003 |title=First Jurassic dinosaur fossils found from Kirthar range, Khuzdar District, Balochistan, Pakistan |url=http://nceg.uop.edu.pk/GeologicalBulletin/Vol-36-2003/Vol-36-2003-Paper8.pdf |journal=]|volume=36 |pages=73–83}}</ref> and '']'' in 2006.<ref name="Malkhani2006">{{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=] (Science Series) |volume=38 |issue=3 |pages=7–26}}</ref>


⚫ Sometime in 2006, Malkani began to publish his papers naming multiple theropod and sauropod species from Pakistan,<ref name="Malkhani2006" /> and during the time that he was director of the GSP, he published papers directly through the ]<ref>Malkani, M.S., (2015b). Dinosaurs, mesoeucrocodiles, pterosaurs, new fauna and flora from Pakistan. Geological Survey of Pakistan, Information Release 823: i–iii,1–32.</ref> and ].<ref name="Malkani_Noasaurids">{{Cite web |last=Malkani |first=M. Sadiq |date=2024-08-16 |title=Small bodied theropod dinosaurs (Noasauridae) discovered from the latest Maastrichtian Vitakri Formation of Pakistan |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/383000597 |website=] |pages=1–19}}</ref>
Sometime in 2006, Malkani published several papers informally naming multiple theropod and sauropod species from Pakistan.<ref name="Malkhani2006" />


He also studied dinosaur footprints on two occasions. He studied the ] in 2006–7 before it was partially destroyed by coal mining and road construction,<ref>Malkani, M. S. (2007). Trackways evidence of 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.</ref> and in 2012, he became the first to study the Zhob dinosaur trackway and determined that the footprints were left by theropods and sauropods.<ref name=":0" />
⚫ During the time that he was director of the GSP, he published papers directly through the ]<ref>Malkani, M.S., (2015b). Dinosaurs, mesoeucrocodiles, pterosaurs, new fauna and flora from Pakistan. Geological Survey of Pakistan, Information Release 823: i–iii,1–32.</ref> and ].<ref name="Malkani_Noasaurids">{{Cite web |last=Malkani |first=M. Sadiq |date=2024-08-16 |title=Small bodied theropod dinosaurs (Noasauridae) discovered from the latest Maastrichtian Vitakri Formation of Pakistan |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/383000597 |website=] |pages=1–19}}</ref>


== Species named by Malkani == == Species named by Malkani ==

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Muhammad Sadiq Malkani
BornPakistan
Years active2000–present
Known forDiscoveries in palaeontology in Pakistan
Scientific career
Fields

Muhammad Sadiq Malkani, also known as M. Sadiq Malkani, is a Pakistani paleontologist, geologist and former director of the Geological Survey of Pakistan.

Career

Malkani discovered the first known sauropod remains found in Pakistan in 2000, and beginning in 2001, Malkani excavated fossils that he would later study from the Vitakri Formation of Pakistan. He named several species, including Pabwehshi pakistanensis in 2001, Brohisaurus kirthari in 2003, and Induszalim bala in 2006.

Sometime in 2006, Malkani began to publish his papers naming multiple theropod and sauropod species from Pakistan, and during the time that he was director of the GSP, he published papers directly through the Geological Survey of Pakistan and ResearchGate.

He also studied dinosaur footprints on two occasions. He studied the Mianwali trackway in 2006–7 before it was partially destroyed by coal mining and road construction, and in 2012, he became the first to study the Zhob dinosaur trackway and determined that the footprints were left by theropods and sauropods.

Species named by Malkani

Formally named

References

  1. Malkani, M. "Titanosaurian sauropod dinosaurs from Pakistan". ResearchGate. Retrieved 2019-05-23.
  2. Wilson, Jeffrey A.; Barrett, Paul M.; Carrano, Matthew T. (September 2011). "An associated partial skeleton of Jainosaurus cf. septentrionalis (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) from the Late Cretaceous of Chhota Simla, Central India". Palaeontology. 54 (5): 981–998. Bibcode:2011Palgy..54..981W. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2011.01087.x. hdl:2027.42/86940. S2CID 55975792.
  3. ^ Allen, Nicholas (December 2017). "Zhob dinosaur trackway, Pakistan field trips". Factum Foundation for Digital Technology in Preservation. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
  4. Rana, A.N. (2006-03-25). "Country's first dinosaur fossils". DAWN. Archived from the original on 2007-06-21. Retrieved 2007-07-29.
  5. ^ Wilson, Jeffrey A.; Malkani, M. Sadiq; Gingerich, Philip D. (2001). "New crocodyliform (Reptilia, Mesoeucrocodylia) from the Upper Cretaceous Pab Formation of Vitakri, Balochistan (Pakistan)". Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology. 30 (12). University of Michigan: 321–336.
  6. ^ Malkani, M. S. (2003). "First Jurassic dinosaur fossils found from Kirthar range, Khuzdar District, Balochistan, Pakistan" (PDF). Geological Bulletin of the University of Peshawar. 36: 73–83.
  7. ^ Malkani, M.S. (2006). "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". Sindh University Research Journal (Science Series). 38 (3): 7–26.
  8. Malkani, M.S., (2015b). Dinosaurs, mesoeucrocodiles, pterosaurs, new fauna and flora from Pakistan. Geological Survey of Pakistan, Information Release 823: i–iii,1–32.
  9. Malkani, M. Sadiq (2024-08-16). "Small bodied theropod dinosaurs (Noasauridae) discovered from the latest Maastrichtian Vitakri Formation of Pakistan". ResearchGate. pp. 1–19.
  10. Malkani, M. S. (2007). Trackways evidence of 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.
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