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Pakisauridae ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	119548	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=119548

Rank

family (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Pakisauridae

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Sauropsida	Huxley 1864
class	Reptilia	Laurenti 1768
subclass	Eureptilia
-	Romeriida	Gauthier et al. 1988
-	Diapsida
-	Eosuchia
-	Neodiapsida	Benton 1985
-	Sauria	Gauthier 1984
-	Archosauromorpha
-	Crocopoda	Ezcurra 2016
-	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
-	Eucrocopoda	Ezcurra 2016
-	Archosauria
informal	Avemetatarsalia	Benton 1999
-	Ornithodira	Gauthier 1986
-	Dinosauromorpha	Benton 1985
-	Dinosauriformes	Novas 1992
-	Dinosauria
-	Saurischia
-	Eusaurischia	Padian et al. 1999
-	Sauropodomorpha
-	Massopoda	Yates 2007
-	Sauropodiformes	Martinez et al. 2011
-	Sauropoda
-	Eusauropoda	Upchurch 1995
-	Neosauropoda	Bonaparte 1986
-	Macronaria	Sereno 1997
-	Titanosauriformes	Salgado et al. 1997
-	Somphospondyli	Wilson and Sereno 1998
-	Titanosauria	Bonaparte and Coria 1993
family	Pakisauridae	Malkani 2003

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Pakisauridae	family	belongs to Titanosauria	stated without evidence	Malkani, 2003

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

72.1 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Last Recorded Appearance

72.1 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Environment

terrestrial (based on Sauropoda)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Sauropoda)

Diet

herbivore (based on Sauropoda)

Reproduction

oviparous, dispersal=direct/internal,mobile (based on Sauropoda)

Ontogeny

accretion,modification of parts (based on Sauropoda)

Taphonomy

hydroxylapatite,compact or dense,thick (based on Sauropoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

M. S. Malkani. 2003. Discovery of partial skull and dentary of Titanosauria (sauropod dinosaur) from the Late Cretaceous Pab Formation of Vitakri area, Barkhan District, Balochistan, Pakistan. Geological Bulletin, University of Peshawar 36:65-71

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Khetranisaurus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Pakisaurus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	4	72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Sulaimanisaurus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	3	72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
2003	Pakisauridae Malkani p. 65
2004	Pakisauridae Malkani p. 71
2006	Pakisauridae Malkani p. 111
2008	Pakisauridae Malkani p. 51

References

Malkani M. S. (2003) Discovery of partial skull and dentary of Titanosauria (sauropod dinosaur) from the Late Cretaceous Pab Formation of Vitakri area, Barkhan District, Balochistan, Pakistan, Geological Bulletin, University of Peshawar 36, 65-71

Malkani M. S. (2004) Saurischian dinosaurs from Late Cretaceous of Pakistan, In S. S. Hussain & H. D. Akbar (eds.), 5th Pakistan Geological Congress, Islamabad. National Geological Society of Pakistan, Pakistan Museum of Natural History (Pakistan Science Foundation), 71-73

Malkani M. S. (2006) Biodiversity of saurischian dinosaurs from the latest Cretaceous Park of Pakistan, Journal of Applied and Emerging Sciences 1 3, 108-140

Malkani M. S. (2008) Mesozoic terrestrial ecosystem from Pakistan, Paleoclimates in Asia During the Cretaceous: Their Variations, Causes, and Biotic and Environmental Responses. Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium of the IGCP Project No. 507, August, 15-16, 2008, 51-55

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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