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Balochisaurus

Reptilia - Balochisauridae

Taxonomy

Balochisaurus was named by Malkani (2004).

It was assigned to Balochisaurinae by Malkani (2010) and Malkani (2010); and to Balochisauridae by Malkani (2004), Malkani (2006), Malkani (2006), Malkani (2007), Malkani (2008), Malkani (2008), Malkani (2008), Malkani (2009), Malkani (2009), Malkani (2010), Malkani (2010), Malkani (2014), Malkani (2014), Malkani (2014), Malkani (2015), Malkani (2015), Malkani (2015), Malkani (2016) and Malkani (2020).

Species

B. malkani

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
2004	Balochisaurus Malkani p. 72
2006	Balochisaurus Malkani p. 111
2007	Balochisaurus Malkani
2008	Balochisaurus Malkani p. 51
2009	Balochisaurus Malkani p. 65
2010	Balochisaurus Malkani p. 46
2010	Balochisaurs Malkani p. 567
2014	Balochisaurus Malkani p. 56
2015	Balochisaurus Malkani p. 4
2016	Balochisaurus Malkani p. 131
2020	Balochisaurus Malkani p. 449

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
—	Sauropsida
class	Reptilia
subclass	Eureptilia	()
—	Romeriida
—	Diapsida	()

Rank	Name	Author
—	Archosauromorpha	(Huene 1946)
—	Crocopoda
—	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
—	Eucrocopoda
—	Archosauria	()
informal	Avemetatarsalia
—	Ornithodira
—	Dinosauromorpha
—	Dinosauriformes
—	Dinosauria	()
—	Saurischia	()
—	Sauropoda	()
—	Gravisauria
—	Eusauropoda
—	Neosauropoda
—	Macronaria
—	Titanosauriformes
—	Titanosauria
family	Balochisauridae
subfamily	Balochisaurinae
genus	Balochisaurus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Balochisaurus Malkani 2004

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†Balochisaurus malkani Malkani 2006

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

hydroxyapatiteinfrao

Entire body:

yesinfrao

Adult length:

10 to < 100infrao

Adult width:

10 to < 100infrao

Adult height:

10 to < 100infrao

Thickness:

thickinfrao

Architecture:

compact or denseinfrao

Form:

sphericalinfrao

Ontogeny:

accretion, modification of partsinfrao

Grouping:

gregariousinfrao

Environment:

terrestrialinfrao

Locomotion:

actively mobileinfrao

Life habit:

ground dwellinginfrao

Diet:

herbivoreinfrao

Reproduction:

oviparousinfrao

Dispersal:

direct/internalinfrao

Dispersal 2:

mobileinfrao

Created:

2004-12-14 12:49:10

Modified:

2004-12-14 14:49:10

Source: infrao = infraorder

Reference: Marsh 1875

Age range: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 70.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (12 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian	70.6 - 66.0	Pakistan (Balochistan)	B. malkani (79428 79664 79665 79669 220140 220141 220142 220153 220155 220158 220163) Titanosauria indet. (79427)