Biology:Balochisaurus
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | †Sauropodomorpha |
| Clade: | †Sauropoda |
| Clade: | †Macronaria |
| Clade: | †Titanosauria |
| Family: | †Saltasauridae |
| Genus: | †Balochisaurus Malkani, 2004a vide Malkani, 2006 |
| Species: | †B. malkani
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| Binomial name | |
| †Balochisaurus malkani Malkani, 2004a vide Malkani, 2006
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Balochisaurus (meaning "Balochi lizard", for the Baloch tribes of Pakistan ) is a genus of titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Pakistan . The type species is B. malkani. The discovery was made (along with other dinosaur specimens) near Vitariki by a team of paleontologists from the Geological Survey of Pakistan.[1] Formally described in 2006 by M.S. Malkani, the genus is based on seven tail vertebrae found in the Maastrichtian-age Vitakri Member of the Pab Formation, with additional vertebrae and a partial skull assigned to it. Balochisaurus was assigned to the family Balochisauridae along with Marisaurus, although the family was used as a synonym of older Saltasauridae.[2]
References
- ↑ Rana, A.N. (2006-03-25). "Country’s first dinosaur fossils". DAWN. Archived from the original on 2007-06-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20070621133347/http://www.dawn.com/weekly/science/archive/060325/science5.htm. Retrieved 2007-07-29.
- ↑ Malkani, M.S. (2006). "Biodiversity of saurischian dinosaurs from the Latest Cretaceous Park of Pakistan". Journal of Applied and Emerging Sciences 1 (3): 108–140. Archived from the original on 2009-06-22. https://www.webcitation.org/5hjMtRzjs?url=http://www.gsp.gov.pk/Malkani%202006b.pdf.
External links
- Dinosaur Mailing List post on Balochisaurus and other new taxa from Pakistan.
Wikidata ☰ Q1014379 entry
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