Family
Valid Extinct

Balochisauridae

Malkani 2003

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Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
23
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Balochisauridae
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Saltasaurus (which means "lizard from Salta") was a sauropod dinosaur of the Late Cretaceous Period. Relatively small among sauropods, though still massive by human standards, it was characterized by a diplodocid-like head © LadyofHats Altered by Steveoc 86 and FunkMonk · Public domain · Wikimedia
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Saurischia Unranked clade
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Sauropodomorpha Unranked clade
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Massopoda Unranked clade
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Sauropodiformes Unranked clade
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Sauropoda Unranked clade
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Gravisauria Unranked clade
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Eusauropoda Unranked clade
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Neosauropoda Unranked clade
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Macronaria Unranked clade
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Titanosauriformes Unranked clade
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Somphospondyli Unranked clade
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Titanosauria Unranked clade
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Balochisauridae Family
Fossil sites 23 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇵🇰 Pakistan
22
🇮🇳 India
1
Geological formations
Vitakri
22
Lameta
1
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)
23
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
M. S. Malkani. 2003. Discovery of partial skull and dentary of Titanosauria (sauropod dinosaur) from the Late Cretaceous Pab Formation of Vitakri area, Barkhan District, Balochistan, Pakistan. Geological Bulletin, University of Peshawar 36:65-71
Bibliography (3)
M. S. Malkani. 2023. A glance on the mineral deposits and stratigraphic sequential variations and structures in different sections of Indus Basin (Pakistan): new titanosaurian sauropod dinosaurs from the latest Maastrichtian Vitakri Formation of Pakistan. Open Journal of Geology 13(10):1069-1138 DOI ↗
M. S. Malkani. 2009. New Balochisaurus (Balochisauridae, Titanosauria, Sauropoda) and Vitakridrinda (Theropoda) remains From Pakistan. Sindh University Research Journal (Science Series) 41(2):65-92
M. S. Malkani. 2006. Biodiversity of saurischian dinosaurs from the latest Cretaceous Park of Pakistan. Journal of Applied and Emerging Sciences 1(3):108-140