Balochisaurus
Field photograph to come
Balochisaurus
DV-0534
- Lived
- 72 to 66 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods, Balochisauridae
- Found in
- Pakistan
- Named by
- Malkani 2004
Field notes
About Balochisaurus
Balochisaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 72 to 66 million years ago. It belongs to the family Balochisauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 12 finds of Balochisaurus, from Pakistan. Its fossils come from the Vitakri Formation. It was named by Malkani in 2004.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
70 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Balochisauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: M. S. Malkani. 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)