Khetranisaurus
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| Khetranisaurus Fossil range: Late Cretaceous |
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K. barkhani Malkani, 2006 (type) |
Khetranisaurus (meaning "Khetran lizard", for the Khetran people of Pakistan) is a genus of titanosaurian sauropod from the Late Cretaceous of Balochistan, western Pakistan (also spelled "Khateranisaurus" in some early reports).[1] The type species is K. barkhani, and it is based on a tail vertebra, found in the Maastrichtian-age Vitakri Member of the Pab Formation.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Harris, Jerald D. (2007-06-27). Arsenic and Old Papers. Dinosaur Mailing List Archives. Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Retrieved on 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.
[edit] External links
- Rana, A.N. (2006-03-25). Country’s first dinosaur fossils. DAWN. Retrieved on 2007-07-29.
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