Pakisaurus

Taxobox
name = "Pakisaurus"
fossil_range = Late Cretaceous
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
superordo = Dinosauria
ordo = Saurischia
subordo = Sauropodomorpha
infraordo = Sauropoda
unranked_familia = Titanosauria
familia = Pakisauridae
genus = "Pakisaurus"
genus_authority = Malkani, 2006
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision ="P. balochistani" Malkani, 2006 (type)

"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 is based on four tail vertebra, found in the Maastrichtian-age Vitakri Member of the Pab Formation. Three additional tail verterbrae have been 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 Pakisauridae for "Pakisaurus", but it remains to be seen if this family will receive widespread acceptance.

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*cite web |url=http://dml.cmnh.org/2007Jun/msg00397.html |title=Arsenic and Old Papers |accessdate=2007-07-29 |last=Harris |first=Jerald D. |authorlink=Jerald D. Harris |date=2007-06-27 |work=Dinosaur Mailing List Archives |publisher=Cleveland Museum of Natural History
*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
* [http://usindh.edu.pk/surj/vol_38_01_2006.pdf Sindh University Research Journal] PDF of paper discussing "Pakisaurus" and other recently-discovered Pakistani dinosaurs
* [http://www.dinodata.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=9680&Itemid=67 "Pakisaurus" at DinoData] Includes partial description.