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Balochisauridae

Reptilia - Balochisauridae

Taxonomy

Balochisauridae was named by Malkani (2003).

It was assigned to Titanosauria by Malkani (2003), Malkani (2004), Malkani (2006), Malkani (2008), Malkani (2008), Malkani (2008), Malkani (2009) and Malkani (2010).

Subtaxa

Balochisaurinae, Marisaurinae

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
2003	Balochisauridae Malkani p. 65
2004	Balochisauridae Malkani p. 71
2006	Balochisauridae Malkani p. 111
2008	Balochisauridae Malkani p. 51
2009	Balochisauridae Malkani p. 65
2010	Balochisauridae Malkani p. 59

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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

Rank	Name	Author
—	Diapsida	()
—	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
family	Balochisauridae

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.

Fm. †Balochisauridae Malkani 2003

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Subfm. †Balochisaurinae Malkani 2010

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G. †Balochisaurus Malkani 2004

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†Balochisaurus malkani Malkani 2006

G. †Qaikshaheen Malkani 2023

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†Qaikshaheen masoomniazi Malkani 2023

Subfm. †Marisaurinae Malkani 2010

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G. †Marisaurus Malkani 2003

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†Marisaurus jeffi Malkani 2004

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 (20 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian	72.1 - 66.0	India (Gujarat)	Qaikshaheen masoomniazi (34725)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian	70.6 - 66.0	Pakistan (Balochistan)	Balochisauridae indet. (220150 220161 220162) Balochisaurus malkani (79669 220140 220141 220142 220153 220155 220158 220163) Balochisaurus malkani, Marisaurus jeffi (79664) Marisaurus jeffi (79429 79668) Marisaurus jeffi, Balochisaurus malkani (79428 79665) Marisaurus sp. (79666) Saraikimasoom vitakri (78055) Titanosauria indet. (79427)