- Balochisaurus
Taxobox
name = "Balochisaurus"
fossil_range =Late Cretaceous
regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
superordo =Dinosaur ia
ordo =Saurischia
subordo =Sauropodomorpha
infraordo =Sauropoda
unranked_familia =Titanosaur ia
familia = Balochisauridae
genus = "Balochisaurus"
genus_authority = Malkani, 2006
subdivision_ranks =Species
subdivision ="B. malkani" Malkani, 2006 (type)"Balochisaurus" (meaning "Balochi lizard", for the Baloch tribes of
Pakistan ) is agenus oftitanosaur iansauropod dinosaur from theLate Cretaceous ofPakistan . Thetype 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.cite web |url=http://www.dawn.com/weekly/science/archive/060325/science5.htm |title=Country’s first dinosaur fossils |accessdate=2007-07-29 |last=Rana |first=A.N. |date=2006-03-25 |publisher=DAWN] Formally described in 2006 by M.S. Malkani, the genus is based on seven tailvertebra e found in theMaastrichtian -age Vitakri Member of thePab Formation , with additional vertebrae and a partial skull assigned to it.cite journal |last=Malkani |first=M.S. |year=2006 |title=Biodiversity of saurischian dinosaurs from the Latest Cretaceous Park of Pakistan |journal=Journal of Applied and Emerging Sciences |volume=1 |issue=3 |pages=108–140] The author erected the family-level name Balochisauridae for "Balochisaurus", but it remains to be seen if this family will receive widespread acceptance.cite web| last =| first =| authorlink =| coauthors =| title =Balochisaurus malkani | work =| publisher =DinoData.org| date =2007| url =http://www.dinodata.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=9677&Itemid=67| format =| doi =| accessdate =2007-10-08]References
External links
* [http://dml.cmnh.org/2007Jun/msg00397.html Dinosaur Mailing List] post on "Balochisaurus" and other new taxa from Pakistan.
* [http://www.dinodata.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=9677&Itemid=67 "Balochisaurus"] on DinoData.org
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