Named By: | M. Sadiq Malkani in 2006 |
Time Period: | Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian |
Location: | Pakistan, Balochistan - Pab Formation |
Size: | Unknown due to lack of remains |
Diet: | Herbivore |
Fossil(s): | Caudal vertebra |
Classification: | | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Saurischia | Sauropodomorpha | Sauropoda | Titanosauria | Pakisauridae | |
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). The type species is K. barkhani, described by M. Sadiq Malkani in 2006, and it is based on a tail vertebra, found in the Maastrichtian-age Vitakri Member of the Pab Formation.