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KHETRANISAURUS
(key-tran-e-sore-us)
meaning: "Khetran lizard"
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 |
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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.

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