Biology:Pakisaurus

Pakisaurus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Dinosauria
Clade:	Saurischia
Clade:	†Sauropodomorpha
Clade:	†Sauropoda
Clade:	†Macronaria
Clade:	†Titanosauria
Family:	†Titanosauridae
Genus:	†Pakisaurus Malkani, 2004a vide Malkani, 2006
Species:	†P. balochistani
Binomial name
†Pakisaurus balochistani Malkani, 2004a vide Malkani, 2006

Pakisaurus (meaning "Pakistan lizard") is a genus of titanosaurian sauropod from the Late Cretaceous of Balochistan, western Pakistan. The type species is P. balochistani, and it was validly named by M. Sadiq Malkani in 2006, based on four tail vertebrae, found in the Maastrichtian-age Vitakri Member of the Pab Formation. Three additional tail vertebrae have been assigned to it. The author erected the family Pakisauridae, using it synonymously with older Titanosauridae. Pakisaurus was decided to be closely related to Sulaimanisaurus and Khetranisaurus, both from Pakistan as well.

External links

• Harris, Jerald D. (2007-06-27). "Arsenic and Old Papers". Dinosaur Mailing List Archives. Cleveland Museum of Natural History. http://dml.cmnh.org/2007Jun/msg00397.html. Retrieved 2007-07-29. 
• Rana, A.N. (2006-03-25). "Country’s first dinosaur fossils". DAWN. Archived from the original on June 21, 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20070621133347/http://www.dawn.com/weekly/science/archive/060325/science5.htm. Retrieved 2007-07-29. 
• Sindh University Research Journal PDF of paper discussing Pakisaurus and other recently discovered Pakistani dinosaurs

Wikidata ☰ Q1010580 entry