Khetranisaurus

Key-tran-e-sore-us.
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Liam Carter

Paleoanthropologist

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Name

Khetranisaurus ‭(‬Khetran lizard‭)‬.

Phonetic

Key-tran-e-sore-us.

Named By

M.‭ ‬Sadiq Malkani‭ ‬-‭ ‬2004.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Saurischia,‭ ‬Sauropodomorpha,‭ ‬Sauropoda,‭ ‬Titanosauria,‭ ‬Pakisauridae‭?

Diet

Herbivore.

Species

K.‭ ‬barkhani‭

Size

Unknown due to lack of remains.

Known locations

Pakistan,‭ ‬Balochistan‭ ‬-‭ ‬Pab Formation.

Time Period

Maastrichtian of the Cretaceous.

Fossil representation

Caudal vertebra.

In Depth

       Very little can be said about this titanosaur because it is only represented by a single caudal‭ (‬tail‭) ‬vertebrae.‭ ‬In addition to this the palaeontologist who named Khetranisaurus,‭ ‬M.‭ ‬Sadiq Malkani,‭ ‬also named three other titanosaurs Sulaimanisaurus,‭ ‬Pakisaurus and Balochisaurus,‭ ‬Marisaurus in that same year,‭ ‬all from only caudal vertebrae.‭ ‬The first two were included along with Khetranisaurus into the Pakisauridae,‭ ‬a family of titanosaurs also created by Malkani with Pakisaurus as the type genus.‭ ‬In early reports concerning Khetranisaurus,‭ ‬the name was sometimes spelled Khateranisaurus.

       In‭ ‬2006‭ ‬Malkani also named another an abelisaur called Vitakridrinda.

Further Reading

– Saurischian dinosaurs from Late Cretaceous of Pakistan, by M. S. Malkani. – In, 5th Pakistan Geological Congress, Islamabad. National Geological Society of Pakistan, Pakistan Museum of Natural History (Pakistan Science Foundation) 71-73. – S. S. Hussain & H. D. Akbar (eds.). – 2004. -‭ ‬Biodiversity of saurischian dinosaurs from the latest Cretaceous Park of Pakistan. – Journal of Applied and Emerging Sciences 1(3):108-140. -‭ ‬M.‭ ‬Sadiq Malkani‭ ‬-‭ ‬2006.

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